An Act To Authorize State Participation in the Unified Carrier Registration System Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §551, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: §551. Multistate agreement and federal programs 1. Authorization. The Secretary of State, acting with the concurrence of the Commissioner of Transportation and the Commissioner of Public Safety, may enter into a multistate agreement or federal program for the administration of this subchapter. The Secretary of State may participate in the Unified Carrier Registration System created under the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 authorized in PL 109-59. 2. Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to: A. Promote and encourage the fullest and most efficient use of the highway system by providing for a single point of contact for the administration of s~a~es~ epeFa~iB§ aa~heFi~Y-Fe~aiFemeB~s multistate and federal programs; Page l-LR2486(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1950
Committee Amendment CA_A_H770 (House)
Amends: 29-A MRSA §551

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Act To Prevent Dangerous 
,,~ " to H.P. 1367, L.D. 1950, 
~mmercial Drivers on Maine's 
Bill, "An 
Highways" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Authorize State Participation in the Unified Carrier 
Registration System' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §551, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. 
A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: 
§551. Multistate agreement and federal programs 
1. 
Authorization. 
The Secretary of State, acting with the 
concurrence 
of 
the 
Commissioner 
of 
Transportation 
and 
the 
Commissioner of Public Safety, 
may enter into a multistate 
agreement or federal 
program for the administration of this 
subchapter. 
The Secretary of State may participate in the 
Unified Carrier Registration System created under the federal 
Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 authorized in PL 109-59. 
2. 
Purpose. 
It is the purpose of this section to: 
A. 
Promote and encourage the fullest and most efficient use 
of the highway system by providing for a single point of 
contact 
for 
the 
administration 
of 
s~a~es~ 
epeFa~iB§ 
aa~heFi~Y-Fe~aiFemeB~s multistate and federal programs; 
Page l-LR2486(2) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
.. tt. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A 
.. to H.P. 1367, L.D. 1950 
B. 
Provide for a uniform set of rules among participating 
states; 
C. 
Enable participating states to act cooperatively in the 
collection of 
fees 
and 
the 
enforcement 
of 
insurance 
requirements; and 
D. 
Establish and maintain the concept of one administrating 
state for each pe~mittee motor carrier based on the rules 
established under a multistate agreement or federal program. 
3. 
Principle. 
The 
Legislature, 
in 
authorizing 
the 
Secretary of State to enter into a multistate agreement or 
federal 
program, 
recognizes 
that 
the 
concept 
of 
one 
administrating state should promote the more efficient use of the 
highway 
system while protecting the travelling public. 
The 
Legislature further recognizes that a multistate agreement or 
federal program should reduce the administrative burden for the 
motor carrier industry by limiting the 
number of contacts 
necessary when a motor carrier operates in interstate commerce. 
4. 
Authorization. 
The Secretary of State may enter into a 
multistate agreement or federal program for the administration of 
this subchapter consistent with the purposes and principles of 
this section. 
The Secretary of State may collect and distribute 
fees for other participating jurisdictions and receive fees from 
those jurisdictions collected on behalf of this State. 
The 
Secretary of State may collect, distribute and receive fees 
pursuant to the requirements of the federal Unified Carrier 
Registration Act of 2005 authorized by PL 109-59. 
5. 
Rules. 
The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of 
the Commissioner of Transportation and the Commissioner of Public 
Safety, may make rules to implement a mUltistate agreement or 
federal program entered into under this section. 
Sec. 2. 
Appropriations and allocations. 
The 
following 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - MOtor Vehicles 
0077 
Initiative: 
Allocates funds on a one-time basis for travel, 
printing and mailing costs that will be incurred as a result of 
the 
State's 
participation 
in 
the 
federal 
Unified 
Carrier 
Registration System. 
HIGHWAY FUND 
2005-06 
2006-07 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
t" 
.~ 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1367, L.D. 1950 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
$0 
$8,600 
$0 
$8,600' 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the Joint 
Standing Committee on Transportation, replaces the bill. 
The 
amendment authorizes the State's participation in the Unified 
Carrier Registration System, 
which is a 
federal program to 
consolidate motor carrier information systems. 
The amendment 
also adds an appropriations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02117 /06 ~ac 
LD 1950 
LR2486(02) 
An Act To Prevent Dangerous Commercial Drivers on Maine's Highways 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ·A· 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Potential current biennium revenue decrease - Highway Fund 
2005-06 
2006-07 
Projections 
2007-08 
Projections 
2008-09 
Net Cost (Savings) 
Highway Fund 
Appropriations! Allocations 
Highway Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
$0 
$0 
$8,600 
$0 
$8,600 
$0 
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles within the Department of the Secretary of State will require an additional one-time 
Highway Fund allocation of $8,600 in fiscal year 2006-07 for travel and printing and mailing costs which will be 
necessary as a consequence of the State's participation in the federal Unified Carrier Registration System (UCRS). 
$0 
$0 
Under current law, the Highway Fund has budgeted annual revenue of $1,700,000 as a consequence of the State's 
participation in the current Single State Registration System (SSRS) which expires on December 31, 2006. This 
amendment proposes to replace the State's participation in the SSRS with the aforementioned UCRS. If the State is 
not authorized to join the UCRS then the Highway Fund will experience a loss of revenue; the estimated amounts are 
$850,000 in fiscal year 2006-07 and $1,700,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. 
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