An Act To Increase Traffic Fines and Apportion a Part of the Increase to the Issuing Jurisdiction
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1070
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: SUSLOVIC, KANE, STRIMLING, ADAMS, COLLINS, JACKSON, MARLEY, TOBIN, USHER
Amends: 29-A MRSA §103, 29-A MRSA §2602

Legislative Document 
No. 1070 
H.P.788 
House of Representatives, March 4, 2003 
An Act To Increase Traffic Fines and Apportion a Part of the 
Increase to the Issuing Jurisdiction 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative SUSLOVIC of Portland. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Representative KANE of Saco, Senator STRIMLING of Cumberland and 
Representatives: ADAMS of Portland, COLLINS of Wells, JACKSON of Fort Kent, 
MARLEY of Portland, McCORMICK of West Gardiner, McKENNEY of Cumberland, 
TOBIN of Windham, USHER of Westbrook. 
Primed on recyded paper 
Be it enact€d by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §103. sub-§3, as amended by PL 1995, c. ')84, 
Pt. B, §2, is further amended to read: 
J. 
Exclusive penalty. 
The exclusive penalty for a traffic 
infraction is a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $500, 
unless specifically authorized, or. suspension of a license, 
1)1 
both. 
Fines established in this subsection are subject to lncrease 
pursuant to section 2602, subsection 4, paragraph D. 
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2602, sub-§4, "B and C, as enacted by 1?C!7, 
c. 750, Pt. A, §3, are amended to read: 
B. 
Of 
the 
fines 
and 
forfeitures 
collected for 
infractions under sections 511, 2356, 2360, 2380, 
traffic 
2387 and 
2388, 7% accrues to the General Fund, 6% 
Enforcement 
Agency 
Reimbursement 
Fund 
accrues to the General Highway Fund; aHa 
accrues to the Law 
and 
the 
balance 
C. 
Of the fines and forfeitures collected for violations 
traffic infractions under sections 511, 
2356, 
2387 
and 2388, 
only $5 or 13°-0, 
whichever 
lS 
other 
2360, 
than 
2380, 
greater, accrues to the General Fund and the balance accrues 
to the Highway FundT; and 
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §2602, sub-*4"D is enacted to read: 
L>. 
Beginning January 1, 2004, and every 2 years atter tho\ 
date through January 1, 
2012, 
the fines 
and torfeitules 
collected under section 103 and 2604 must be increased 
J2:y-
5%. 
A percentage of the revenue received from the fines and 
forfei tures must be remitted to the law enforcement agel)_G' 
that 
issued 
the 
summons 
and 
complaint 
for 
the 
traffic 
infraction as follows: 
(1) 
Ten percent, 2004; 
( 2 ) 
Twenty percent, 2006; 
(3) 
Thirty percent, 2008; 
( 4) 
Forty percent, 2010i and 
{ 5 } 
Fifty percent, 2012. 
S~C. 4. 29-A MRSA. &2604. as amended by PL 1995, c. 584, Pt. 
B, §IJ, is further amended by adding at the end a ne,,; paragraph 
to read: 
fines established under this section are subject to increase 
pursuant to section 2602, subsection 4, paragraph D. 
SUMMARY 
This bill increases traffic fines by 5°'0 every 2 years 
hf)In 
January L 
2004 through January 1, 2012. 
The bill also remits c\ 
percentage of the fines collected for traffic infractions to the 
law enforcement agency that issued the 
summons 
and complaint. 
Beginning January 1, 
2004, 
the percentage remitted to the law 
enforcement agency increases by 10°'6 every 2 years with the last 
increase on January 1, 2012.