An Act To Allow Heavy Equipment To Be Moved during Nighttime
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 2058
Committee Amendment CA_A_H942 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT lI" to H.P. 1454, L.D. 2058, Bill, "An Act To 
Allow Heavy Equipment To Be Moved during Nighttime" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Authorizing a Pilot Project To Allow Timber Harvesting 
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Equipment To Be Moved during Nighttime' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the 
summary and inserting in its place the following: 
'Sec. 1. Pilot project to allow timber harvesting equipment to be moved 
during nighttime. Resolved: That the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Commissioner of Transportation and the Chief of the State Police, shall conduct a pilot 
project that grants overlimit movement permits pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, 
Title 29-A, section 2382 for the transport of timber harvesting equipment by another 
vehicle between midnight and sunrise during the months of March and April over a way 
or bridge maintained by the Department of Transportation. 
This pilot project must 
include the conditions that: 
1. The air temperature is 32 degrees Fahrenheit or lower and the ground is solidly 
frozen with no standing water; 
2. The width of the load does not exceed 11 feet, 6 inches and the length does not 
exceed 75 feet; 
3. Two qualified pilot vehicles escort the overlimit load with one preceding the 
overlimit load and the other following; 
4. Two-way mobile communication is maintained between the pilot vehicles and the 
overlimit load vehicle; and 
5. The overlimit load displays flashing amber beacons at the extremes of the load in 
the place of or in addition to flags. 
The pilot project must allow the Commissioner of Transportation, acting on the 
advice of the Chief of the State Police, to prohibit the nighttime movement of such loads 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A-" to H.P. 1454, L.D. 2058 
on particular sections of highway if such movement would create an unacceptable risk to 
public safety; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Rules. Resolved: 
That the Secretary of State may adopt rules to 
implement the pilot project under section 1. Rules adopted pursuant to this resolve are 
routine technical rules pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, 
subchapter 2-A; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Report. Resolved: That the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Commissioner of Transportation and the Chief of the State Police, shall submit a report to 
the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation 
matters no later than the first business day in February 2009. The report must include the 
status of the pilot project under section 1 and recommendations for continuance, 
discontinuance or modification of the pilot project's terms. After reviewing the report, 
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the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation 
matters may report out legislation to the First Regular Session of the 124th Legislature 
concerning the subject matter of this resolve; and be it futher 
Sec. 4. Repeal. Resolved: 
That this resolve is repealed 90 days after the 
adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 124th Legislature.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which replaces the bill with a resolve, directs the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Commissioner of Transportation and the Chief of the State 
Police, to conduct a pilot project that allows permits for the transport of timber harvesting 
equipment by another vehicle between midnight and sunrise during the months of March 
and April over a way or bridge maintained by the Department of Transportation if certain 
conditions are met. The amendment also requires the Secretary of State to submit a 
report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
transportation matters no later than the first business day in February 2009. 
The 
amendment gives the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
transportation matters authority to report out legislation during the First Regular Session 
of the 124th Legislature. The amendment repeals the pilot project 90 days after the 
adjournment of the First Regular Session of the 124th Legislature. 
FISCAL :\OTE HEQLlRED 
(~ee attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04/03/06 frac 
LD 2058 
LR 3149(02) 
An Act To Allow Heavy Equipment To Be Moved during Nighttime 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Highway Fund 
LR3149(2) - Fiscal Note - Page I of 1