An Act To Change the Legislative License Plate to a Combination Plate
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0410
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: DAIGLE, McKENNEY, USHER
Amends: 29-A MRSA §460, 29-A MRSA §501

Legislative Document 
No. 410 
H.P.318 
House of Representatives, February 4,2003 
An Act To Change the Legislative License Plate to a Combination 
Plate 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative DAIGLE of Arundel. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Representatives: McKENNEY of Cumberland, USHER of Westbrook . 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §460, sub-§l, as amended by PL 2001, c. 471, 
Pt. A, §29, is further amended to read: 
1. 
State official registration plates 
authorized. 
The 
Secretary of State, on payment of taxes required in section 409, 
fees 
required in section 501, 
subsections 
and 
2-A 
and 
an 
additional fee equal to the cost of producing the plates, rounded 
to the nearest dollar, and upon application, shall issue one pair 
of specially designed number plates for one designated motor 
vehicle owned or controlled by each member of the United States 
Senate or the United States House of Representatives from this 
State, or members of the Legislature, Representatives of the 
Indian Tribes at the Legislature, the President of the Senate, 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the 
Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
State 
official 
registration 
plates 
are 
designated 
"combination" 
vehicles as described in section 501. 
The cost of producing the 
special plates is determined by the bureau. 
A specially designed 
plate and its registration certificate may be used in place of 
the 
regular plate and registration. 
The 
named official may 
attach to such a motor vehicle one of the valid registration 
plates 
issued 
under 
section 
and 
one 
of 
the 
special 
registration plates issued under this section. 
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §501. sub-H. as amended by PL 1999, c. 790, 
Pt. C, §3 and affected by §19, is further amended to read: 
1. 
Automobiles; pickup trucks. 
The fee for an automobile 
or 
pickup 
truck 
used 
for 
the 
conveyance 
of 
passengers 
or 
interchangeably for passengers or property is $25. 
An automobile used for the conveyance of passengers or property 
is a "combination" vehicle and may be issued a special plate with 
the word "combination" instead of "Vacationland." 
A passenger 
vehicle used under contract with the State, a municipality or a 
school district to transport students must 
be 
designated as 
"combination." 
A vehicle owned or operated by parents or legal 
guardians is exempt from this subsection. 
A passenger vehicle 
used 
by 
a 
state 
official 
eligible 
for 
a 
state 
official 
registration plate as described in section 460 is also designated 
as a "combination" vehicle. 
Commercial plates may not be issued for or displayed on 
an 
automobile. 
The gross weight of a piCkUp truck registered as provided by this 
subsection may not exceed 6,000 pounds. 
An owner of a pickup 
truck who operates the pickUp truck with a gross weight in excess 
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of 6,000 pounds or the pickup truck drawing a semitrailer with a 
combined gross weight in excess of 6,000 pounds must register the 
truck as provided in section 504. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
a 
combination of 
vehicles consisting of a pickup truck as defined in section 101, 
subsection 55 and a semitrailer with a registered weight of 2,000 
pounds or less may be registered under this section for the 
combined gross weight of the pickup truck and the semitrailer. 
SUMMARY 
This bill designates passenger vehicles using state official 
registration plates, including legislative registration plates, 
as "combination" vehicles .