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Gasoline Consumption
Attributable
to Snowmobile Use in Maine
prepared for
The Commission to Study Equity in the
Distribution of Gas Tax Revenues Attributable to Snowmobiles,
All-Terrain Vehicles and Watercraft
July 2001
| Principal Investigator: |
Jonathan Rubin |
| Co-principal Investigators: |
Suzanne K. Hart
Charles Morris |
This study was conducted by the Margaret Chase
Smith Center for Public Policy (MCSC) of the University of Maine
at the request of the Maine Legislature’s Commission to Study
Equity in the Distribution of Gas Tax Revenues Attributable to
Snowmobiles, All-Terrain Vehicles and Watercraft. The Commission
was created by the Legislature with a charge to collect and
analyze information to determine an equitable distribution of
gas tax revenues used in the enforcement and enhancement of
programs supporting off-road vehicle use in Maine. The
Commission concluded that snowmobiling, boating and ATV use has
increased significantly over recent years and now constitutes an
important part of the economies of many regions of the State.
The Commission concluded that more information about the amount
of gasoline consumed by boats, snowmobiles and ATVs should be
collected before any action was proposed concerning the
equitable distribution of gasoline tax revenues.
This report, the second of three, presents the
results of a survey of Snowmobile users whose Snowmobiles were registered in the
State of Maine during 2000.
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For more information concerning this report or
for additional copies, please contact Chris Boynton at mcsc@umit.maine.edu.
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