An Act To Honor Maine's First Peoples LR 2209(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1732
Committee Amendment CA_A_H717 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "H" to H.P. 1254, L.D. 1732, Bill, "An 
Act To Honor Maine's First Peoples" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 29·A MRSA §524·A is enacted to read: 
§524-A. 
Wabanaki registration plates 
No later than November 1, 2005, the Secretary of State shall 
issue 
Wabanaki 
registration 
plates 
to 
members 
of 
federally 
recognized tribes in the State pursuant to this section. 
1. 
Wabanaki registration plates. 
The Secretary of State, 
upon receiving an application and evidence of payment of the 
registration fee required by section 501, the excise tax required 
by Title 
36, 
section 1482, 
a 
statement signed by 
a 
tribal 
official from a federally recognized tribe within the Wabanaki 
Confederacy proving the applicant's membership in the tribe, 
shall issue a 
registration certificate and a set of Wabanaki 
registration plates to be used in lieu of regular registration 
plates. These plates must bear identification numbers and letters 
and the word "Wabanaki." 
2. 
Reimbursement for production and issuance costs for 
plates. 
The Wabanaki Confederacy shall pay all costs associated 
with the initial production and issuance of the plates and shall 
provide 
payment 
to the Secretary of State for 
the costs to 
replenish the Wabanaki plate inventorv. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .!i . to H.P. 1254, L.D. 1732 
3. 
Design. 
The Secretary of State, in consul tation wi th 
the 
Wabanaki 
Confederacy, 
shall 
determine 
a 
design 
for 
the 
Wabanaki registration plates. The joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters shall 
review the final design prior to manufacture of the plates. Upon 
reguest, the Secretary of State shall issue Wabanaki plates that 
are also vanity plates. Wabanaki plates are issued in accordance 
with the provisions of this section and section 453. 
4. 
Renewal fee. 
The renewal fee for the Wabanaki plate is 
the regular motor vehicle registration fee reguired by section 
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5. 
Duplicate plates. 
The Secretary of State shall issue 
Wabanaki plates in a 3-number and 3-letter combination seguence. 
Vani ty plates may not duplicate vanity plates issued in another 
class of plate. 
6. 
Weight limit. 
A Wabanaki plate may be issued for 
a 
motor vehicle that does not exceed 9,OOQ pounds. A motor vehicle 
that exceeds 6,QQQ pounds is subject to the fees in section 504.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill and creates a process to 
issue a special registration plate to members of the Wabanaki 
Confederacy. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Net Cost (Savings) 
Highway Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Highway Fund 
Revenue 
Highway Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 02/20104 ,frac:.. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1732 
An Act To Honor Maine's First Peoples 
LR 2209(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" " 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Needed: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Projections 
Projections 
2003-04 
2004-05 
2005-06 
2006-07 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$9,586 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$9,586 
$0 
The issuance of special registration plates to members of federally recognized tribes will require a one-time additional 
Highway Fund allocation of$9,586 in fiscal year 2005-06 to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles within the Department of 
the Secretary of State. This additional cost will be reimbursed by the federally recognized tribes, thereby resulting in 
a one-time Highway Fund revenue increase of$9,586 in fiscal year 2005-06. 
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