An Act To Create a Special Higher Education License Plate
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0492
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: RECTOR, ROSEN, FISCHER, KOFFMAN, MARLEY, MILLS, PERCY, WEBSTER, DAMON
Amends: 29-A MRSA §456-C

Legislative Document 
No. 492 
H.P.367 
House of Representatives, February 1,2005 
An Act To Create a Special Higher Education License Plate 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative RECTOR of Thomaston. 
Cosponsored by Senator ROSEN of Hancock and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: FISCHER of Presque Isle, KOFFMAN of Bar Harbor, MARLEY of Portland, 
MILLS of Farmington, PERCY of Phippsburg, WEBSTER of Freeport, Senators: DAMON of 
Hancock, SA V AGE of Knox. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec.t. 29-A MRSA §456-C is enacted to read: 
§456-C. 
Higher education registration plates 
The Secretary of State shall issue registration plates to 
honor accredited institutions of higher learning in the State, 
sponsored by the Finance Authority of Maine beginning November 1, 
2006 
in accordance with this section and the guidelines of 
section 468. 
The higher education special registration plates 
are not required for registration of a motor vehicle but are to 
allow citizens to participate voluntarily to fund the Maine State 
Grant Program. 
1. 
Higher education registration plate. 
The Secretary of 
State, upon receiving an application and evidence of payment of 
.the excise tax required by Title 36, section 1482, the annual 
motor vehicle registration fee required by section 501 and the 
administrative fee and voluntary contribution provided for in 
subsection 2, shall issue a registration certificate and a set of 
higher education registration plates to 
be 
used in lieu of 
regular 
registration 
plates. 
These 
plates 
must 
bear 
identification numbers and letters. 
2. 
Administrative 
fe~d contribution 
to 
special 
programs. 
A person may contribute to the Maine State Grant 
Program by applying for the higher education special registration 
plates and submitting, in addition to the regular motor vehicle 
fee, a Sum of $20 credited as follows: 
A. 
Ten 
dollars 
to 
the 
Maine 
State 
Grant 
Program 
as 
established in Title 20-A, section 11612: and 
B. 
Ten dollars to the Specialty License Plate Fund as 
established in section 469 for administrative and production 
costs. 
3. 
Design. 
A sponsor must submit a design fo~ the special 
registration plate to the Secretary of State for approval or 
modification in accordance with section 468, subsection 5. 
The 
design must allow the display of a college or university logo 
decal on the plates, and a commitment to purchase at least 200 
~s is required for the logo of the college or university to 
be included on a special registration plate. 
4. 
Renewal fee. 
In addition to the regular motor vehicle 
registration 
fee 
prescribed 
by 
law, 
the 
annual 
renewal 
contribution for higher education special registration plates is 
$15, which must be deposited with the Treasurer of State and 
credited as follows: 
Page l-LR1500(1) 
A. 
Ten 
dollgrs 
to 
the 
Maine 
State 
Grant 
Program 
as 
established in Title 20-A, section 11612; and 
B. 
Five dollars to the Specialty License Plate Fund as 
established in section 469 for administrative and production 
costs. 
SUMMARY 
This bill authorizes the issuance of 
a 
higher education 
special 
registration plate 
to 
honor 
institutions 
of 
higher 
learning in Maine and to fund the Maine State Grant Program.