A person who operates a motor vehicle, as defined in 23 V.S.A. § 4, on any land, that is owned or held by the State, in such a manner as to purposely and maliciously cause injury, damage, erosion or waste to the land shall be fined not more than $500.00. For the purposes of this section "land" does not include a highway as defined in 23 V.S.A. § 4. (Added 1971, No. 95, § 3, eff. April 22, 1971.)