An Act To Create a Retired Firefighter License Plate
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0360
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: JACKSON, PERRY, MARTIN, BROWN, DUPLESSIE, MOORE, PARADIS, PATRICK
Amends: 29-A MRSA §456-C

Legislative Document 
No. 360 
H.P.273 
House of Representatives, January 25,2005 
An Act To Create a Retired Firefighter License Plate 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative JACKSON of Fort Kent. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Senator PERRY of Penobscot, Senator MARTIN of Aroostook and 
Representatives: BROWN of South Berwick, DUPLESSIE of Westbrook, MOORE of 
Standish, PARADIS of Frenchville, PATRICK of Rumford, TurTLE of Sanford, Senator: 
BR Y ANT of Oxford. 
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. 
Retired firefighter registration plates 
The Secretary of St9,t~_~$halLisslJ~egistration plates for a 
retired 
firefighter 
certified 
by 
an 
active 
fire 
chief 
or 
assistant 
fire 
chief 
or 
acting 
fire 
chief 
as 
retired 
in 
accordance with this section and section 468 beginning November 
1, 
2006. 
Retired 
firefighter 
registration 
plates 
are 
not 
required for registration Q_L_Q. motor vehicle but are to allow 
retired firefighters to participate voluntarily in funding fire 
prevention programs. 
1. 
Retired firefighter 
r~is!:ration 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 
retired firefighter registration plates to be used in lieu of 
regular 
registration 
plates. 
These 
plates 
must 
bear 
identification numbers and letters. 
2. 
programs. 
Special 
retired 
addition 
credited 
Administrative 
fee 
and 
contribution 
to 
special 
A person may contribute to the Retired Firefighter 
Programs Fund under subsection 5 
by applying for the 
firefighter 
registration 
plates 
and 
submi tt,ing, 
in 
to 
the 
regular motor 
vehicle 
registration fee, 
$20 
as follows: 
A. 
Ten dollars to the Retired Firefighter Special Programs 
Fund under subsection 5; and 
B. 
Ten dollars to the Specialty License Plate Fund under 
section 469 for administration and production costs. 
3. Design. 
A sponsor shall submit a design for the retired 
firefighter registration plate to the Secretary of State for 
approval 
or 
modification 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 
468, 
subsection 5. 
4. 
Renewal fee. 
In addition to the regular motor vehicle 
registration 
fee 
prescribed 
by 
law, 
the 
annual 
renewal 
contribution for retired firefighter registration plates is $15, 
which must be deposited with the Treasurer of State and credited 
as follows: 
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A. 
Ten dollars to the Retired Firefighter Special Programs 
Fund under subsection 5; and 
B. 
Five dollars to the Specialty License Plate Fund under 
section 469 for administration and production costs. 
5. 
Special fund established. 
The Treasurer of State shall 
establish the Retired Firefighter Special Programs Fund. 
into 
which fees paid for retired firefighter registration plates are 
deposi ted pursuant to subsections 2 and 4 to fund programs that 
offer fire prevention and fire safety training. 
SUMMARY 
This bill authorizes the issuance of a special registration 
plate for retired firefighters that will fund special programs 
that offer fire prevention and fire safety training.