An Act To Create a License Plate for the National Rifle Association
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0419
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: CEBRA, BERUBE, CRESSEY, DUPREY, LANSLEY, TRAHAN, WATSON, SNOWE-MELLO
Amends: 29-A MRSA §456-C

Legislative Document 
No. 419 
H.P.304 
House of Representati ves, January 27, 2005 
An Act To Create a License Plate for the National Rifle Association 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative CEBRA of Naples. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Representatives: BERUBE of Lisbon, CRESSEY of Cornish, DUPREY of 
Hampden, LANSLEY of Sabattus, TRAHAN of Waldoboro, V A UOHAN of Durham, 
WATSON of Bath, Senator: SNOWE-MELLO of Androscoggin. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. I. 29-A MRSA §456-C is enacted to read: 
§456-C. 
National Rifle Association special registration plates 
The Secretary of State shall issue registration plates for 
the National Rifle Association, referred to in this section as 
"NRA," 
beginning 
November _ L 
2006 
in 
accordance 
with this 
section 
and 
the 
guidelines 
of 
section 
468. 
NRA 
special 
registration plates are not required for registration of a motor 
vehicle but are to allow citizens to participate voluntarily to 
fund special programs that this organization supports. 
1. 
BRA special 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 registration 
fee 
required by 
section 
and 
the administrative 
fee 
and 
voluntary contribution provided for in subsection 2, shall issue 
a registration certificate and a set of NRA special registration 
plates to be used in lieu of regular registration plates. 
These 
plates must bear identification numbers and letters. 
2. 
Administrative 
fee 
and 
contribution 
to 
special 
programs. 
A 
person 
may 
contribute 
to 
the 
National 
Rifle 
Association Special Programs Fund established in subsection 5 by 
applying for the 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 National Rifle Association Special 
Programs Fund established in subsection 5; and 
B. 
Ten 
dollars 
to 
the 
Specialty 
License 
Plate 
Fund 
established in section 469 for administrative and production 
costs. 
3. Design. 
A sponsor must submit a 
design for the 
NRA 
special 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 NRA special registration plates is $15, which 
must be deposited with the Treasurer of State and credited as 
follows: 
A. 
Ten dollars to the National Rifle Association Special 
Programs Fund established in subsection 5; and 
B. 
Five 
dollars 
to 
the 
Specialty 
License 
Plate 
Fund 
established in section 469 for administrative and production 
costs. 
5. 
Special fund est~lished. 
The Treasurer of State shall 
establish the National Rifle Association Special Programs Fund 
into which fees paid for 
NRA 
special registration plates are 
deposited pursuant to subsections 2 and 4 to fund programs that 
offer firearm training and safety and hunter training and safety. 
SUMMARY 
This bill authorizes the issuance of a special 
registration 
plate for the National Rifle Association 
that will fund special 
programs 
that offer 
firearm 
training 
and 
safety 
and 
hunter 
training and safety.