An Act To Allow Modular Home Transporters To Obtain Trailer Transit Plates
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0323
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: JOY, BENNETT, HEIDRICH, LEDWIN, SHERMAN
Amends: 29-A MRSA §462

Legislative Document 
No. 323 
H.P.266 
House of Representatives, January 28,2003 
An Act To Allow Modular Home Transporters To Obtain Trailer 
Transit Plates 
(EMERGENCY) 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative JOY of Crystal. 
Cosponsored by Senator BENNETT of Oxford and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: HEIDRICH of Oxford, LEDWIN of Holden, SHERMAN of Hodgdon. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Emergency preamble. Whereas. Acts of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted 
as emergencies; and 
Whereas, current law is unclear as to the use of transit 
plates by modular home transporters; and 
Whereas, it is in the best interest of the public that this 
ambiguity be resolved as soon as possible; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts 
create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of 
Maine 
and 
require 
the 
following 
legislation 
as 
immediately 
necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and 
safety: now, therefore, 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §462, sub-§8. as repealed and replaced by PL 
2001, c. 149, §1, is amended to read: 
8. 
Trailer transit plate. 
A business that delivers or 
services mobile homes, leases or transports storage trailers or 
transports 
light 
trailers, 
modular 
homes 
or 
frames 
for 
transporting modular 
homes 
may 
apply 
for 
a 
trailer transit 
license and plate. 
The transit plate may not be loaned, used in 
place 
of 
registration plates 
on 
another 
vehicle, 
used 
for 
personal reasons or used on the to\lTing vehicle. 
I ssuance of a 
trailer transit license and plate does not exempt the holder from 
compliance with any state law or municipal ordinance governing 
the movement of mobile homes, storage trailers, modular homes or 
frames for transporting modular homes or light trailers over the 
highways of this State and does 
not exempt the holder 
from 
required permits or certificates prior to moving the vehicles. 
Trailer transit plates issued pursuant to this subsection may 
only be used subject to the following conditions. 
A. 
A storage trailer must be empty during transportation. 
B. 
A 
light 
trailer 
may 
be 
transported 
with 
a 
load 
appropriate for the light trailer, provided that the load lS 
owned by or in the custody of the transporting business. 
C. 
A light trailer may 
be 
transported with 
a 
trailer 
transit plate only if the business owner or an employee of 
the business accompanies the vehicle transporting the light 
trailer. 
Fees for trailer transit licenses and plates are established in 
section 852. 
Trailer transit licenses are exempt from section 
951, subsection 6. 
Page l-LR1089(1) 
For purposes of this subsection, "business" means a corporation, 
firm, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship or other 
commercial entity. 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the 
preamble, this Act takes effect when approved. 
SUMMARY 
This bill allows businesses 
frames for transporting modular 
transit license and plate. 
that transport modular homes or 
homes to apply for 
a trailer