SNOWMOBILES-REGISTRATION\INS

Amends the Snowmobile Registration and Safety Act. Provides that a person convicted of operating a snowmobile required to be registered and numbered under the Act shall be fined $250 for a first offense and $500 for a second or subsequent offense. Raises the new, transfer-renewal, and renewal snowmobile registration fee from $18 to $30 and to $45 for the registration years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. Provides that 50 percent (rather than 33 percent) of those collected fees and trail use sticker fees shall be deposited into the Snowmobile Trail Establishment Fund, a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that snowmobiles that are not registered and numbered and that are not exempt from the registration and numbering requirement are required to display a trail use sticker, and the cost of the sticker is $25. Provides that no person shall operate, register or maintain registration of, and no owner shall permit another person to operate, register or maintain registration of, a snowmobile in this State unless the snowmobile is covered by a liability insurance policy. Provides that a person convicted of violating the mandatory insurance provision is guilty of a petty offense and shall be required to pay a fine in excess of $500, but not more than $1,000.