Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1959
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: DAMON, MARLEY, BROMLEY, EDMONDS, CEBRA, CROCKETT, EBERLE, HOGAN, MAZUREK, PEOPLES
Amends: 23 MRSA §1967

Legislative Document 
No. 1959 
S.P.753 
December 18, 2007 
Aa Act To Promote Tourism. ia Mama ad tlte Purchase of Products 
Made in Maine 
Submitted by the Maine Turnpike Authority pursuant to Joint Rule 204. 
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 18, 2007. Referred to the Committee 
on Transportation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator DAMON of Hancock. 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Cosponsored by Representative MARLEY of Portland and Senators: BROMLEY of 
Cumberland, President EDMONDS of Cumberland, Representatives: CEBRA ofN",les, 
CROCKETT of Augusta, EBERLE of South Portland, HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach, 
MAZUREK of Rockland, PEOPLES of Westbrook. 
frinted on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1967, sub-§l, as amended by PL 2001, c. 41, §2, is further 
amended to read: 
1. Property of the authority. All property of the authority and all property held in 
tl;te name of the State pursuant to the provisions of this chapter ~re exempt from levy and 
sale by virtue of any execution, and an execution or other judicial process is not a valid 
lien upon property of the authority held pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. The 
authority may not lease, sell or otherwise convey, or allow to be used, any of its real or 
personal property or easements in that property, franchises, buildings or structures, with 
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access to any part of the turnpike or its approaches, for commercial purposes, with the 
exception of such intermodal transportation facilities, kiosks at rest areas, gasoline filling 
stations, service and repair stations, tourist-oriented retail facilities, state and tri-state 
lottery ticket agencies, automatic teller machines and restaurants as it determines 
necessary to service the needs of the traveling public while using the turnpike, except that 
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the authority may erect or install or permit the erection or installation of electric power, 
telegraph, telephone, communications, water, sewer or pipeline facilities; and provided 
also that the leasehold interests in such intermodal transportation facilities, kiosks, 
gasoline filling stations, service and repair stations, tourist-oriented retail facilities, state 
and tri-state lottery ticket agencies, automatic teller machines and restaurants are subject 
to taxation as provided in section 1971. In accordance with ru les adopted pursuant to 
section 1965, subsection 1, paragraph U, the authority may erect and maintain or allow to 
be erected and maintained signs that contain names, symbols, trademarks, logos or other 
identifiers of specific commercial enterprises. As used in this section, "tourist-oriented 
retail facilities" means facilities that promote tourism in this State by selling products that 
are made or primarily made in this State or to which value is added in this State. 
SUMMARY 
This bill authorizes facilities along the Maine Turnpike to promote tourism in Maine 
by selling products that are made or primarily made in Maine or to which value is added 
in Maine. 
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