23-2-619. Dealer registration certificate -- use of fees. (1) A dealer registration certificate must be issued in accordance with 23-2-601 through 23-2-644.
     (2) The dealer application must be accompanied by an application fee of $5 and a registration fee of $5. Upon receipt of the dealer application and payment of fees, the dealer shall be issued two dealer snowmobile identification cards that must be carried by the dealer or the dealer's customer when demonstrating the dealer's snowmobiles.
     (3) A bond is not required of the dealer.
     (4) The dealer shall have a principal place of business where the dealer shall maintain all business records and display and sell merchandise.
     (5) An applicant for renewal of a snowmobile dealer registration shall certify that the applicant has sold five or more snowmobiles during the preceding year or pay an additional $50 renewal registration fee or provide a copy of a written new snowmobile franchise or sales agreement that the applicant has with a manufacturer, importer, or distributor.
     (6) Additional dealer snowmobile identification cards as required by need justified to the department of justice may be purchased by the dealer for a fee of $2.
     (7) Dealer registration certificates and identification cards expire on June 30 following the date of issuance.
     (8) (a) The dealer application fees and all interest accruing from use of this money must be deposited in the state special revenue fund to the credit of the department, with one-half designated for use in enforcing the purposes of 23-2-601 through 23-2-644 and one-half designated for use in the development, maintenance, and operation of snowmobile facilities.
     (b) All money collected from dealer registration and renewal registration fees must be deposited in the general fund.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 494, L. 1973; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 421, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 53-1029; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 363, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 277, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 398, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 351, L. 1993.