An Act To Ensure Business Equity in Commercial Vehicle Registration
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1730
Committee Amendment CA_B_H783 (House)
Committee: Transportation, replaces the bill
Amends: 29-A MRSA §513

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·B· to H.P. 1238, L.D. 1730, Bill, "An 
Act To Ensure Business Equity in Commercial Vehicle Registration" 
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 MRS A §513, sub-§I-A is enacted to read: 
A. 
Registration 
required. 
Except 
as 
provided 
In 
subsection 3, 
special mobile equipment used on public ways, 
including, but not limited to, eguipment that is rented from a 
location in this State or outside this State, regardless of 
whether the main office or headquarters of the owner of the 
equipment is located in this State or outside this State, must be 
registered in this State in accordance with this chapter. 
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §513, sub-§3 is enacted to read: 
3. 
furemption from registration. 
Special mobile 
eg;uipn.~.mt 
that is used exclusively on the closed portion of a public way 
for the limited purposes of cQnstructing Qr repairing that public 
way and that is transPQrted by another vehicle to and from the 
constructiQn project is 
exempt 
from 
registration under 
this 
chapter. 
For purpQses of this subsection, the special mobile 
equipment must be operated only within the bQundaries of a closed 
way. 
Notwithstanding section 1601. 
the owner or operator of 
special 
mobile 
equipment 
thet 
is 
exempt 
from 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ~. to H.P. 1238, L.D. 1730 
registration pursuant to this subsection shall maintain 
the 
amounts of motor vehicle financial responsibility specified in 
section 1605. 
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §SI3, sub-§2, ,C, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 
683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: 
C. 
For Class B special mete~ mobile equipment, if the gross 
weight is in excess of 20,000 pounds, the registrant must 
obtain a permit as required by section 2382, subsection 5.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the Joint 
Standing 
Committee 
on 
Transportation, 
replaces 
the 
bill. 
Currently, all special mobile equipment used on public ways must 
be 
registered in this State. 
The 
amendment clarifies that 
special mobile equipment that is rented from a location in Maine 
or outside Maine must be registered in Maine, regardless of the 
location of the main office or headquarters of the owner of the 
equipment. 
The amendment provides that special mobile equipment 
that is carried by a towing vehicle to a construction project and 
then used on a public way only to construct or repair that public 
way is exempt from registration. 
However, the exempt equipment 
must be operated only within the boundaries of a closed way. 
In 
addition, the owner of special mobile equipment that is exempt 
from 
registration 
must 
maintain 
motor 
vehicle 
financial 
responsibility. 
The amendment also makes a technical correction 
to the section on special mobile equipment. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02116/06 ~ac:.. 
Net Cost (Savings) 
Highway Fund 
~evenue 
Highway Fund 
LD 1730 
LR2472(03) 
An Act To Ensure Business Equity in Commercial Vehicle Registration 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment£; 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Minority Report 
Fiscal Note 
2005-06 
$0 
$0 
2006-07 
$18,580 
($18,580) 
Projections 
2007-08 
$18,580 
($18,580) 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Projections 
2008-09 
$18,580 
($18,580) 
Beginning in fiscal year 2006-07, exempting certain construction and maintenance vehicles from registration 
requirements will decrease annual Highway Fund revenue by an estimated $18,580. 
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