MI Trail Permit Status

[campertime]

Trail permit fees were raised to pay for maintaining the trails. Cost to maintain was increasing, trail permit income was flat and actually started falling during the recession. None of it goes into the permanent trail fund. The permanent trail fund money comes from Registrations.

SNOWMOBILE FEE BREAKDOWN

Michigan Snowmobile Registration Decal $30 (3 Year)
 $3 Secretary of State
 $19 Law Enforcement (DNR & Sheriff Grants)
 $8 Permanent Snowmobile Trail Fund (used to acquire permanent trail
easements)

Michigan Snowmobile Trail Permit $45 per year
 $43.53 Snowmobile Trail Improvement Fund (STIF)
 $1 to selling agent
 $ .47 Administration & Printing

Michigan Historic Snowmobile Registration $ 50 (one time)
 $42 into Snowmobile Trail Improvement Fund (STIF)
 $5 into Law Enforcement ( DNR & Sheriff Grants)
 $ 5 Secretary of State

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Some good info here.... jump to page 45. This document was last updated 11/2013 can't find the latest and greatest....

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/MI_Comprehensive_Trail_Plan_425377_7.pdf

 

[chords]

Hold on to your handle bars. In 2 years when the current MI fee expires the price will jump by some formula based on ratio of income to expenditures. Think of it as an updated trail maintenence fee thats not taxed.