An Act To Create a Special License Plate To Support Breast Cancer Support Services
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0775
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: STRANG BURGESS, DAMON, ANNIS, AUSTIN, BABBIDGE, BEAUDOIN, BERUBE, BRYANT, CAIN, CHASE, CLARK, CLEARY, CONOVER, CRAVEN, CRESSEY, CROCKETT, CUMMINGS, DUPREY, EATON, EDGECOMB, FINLEY, FISCHER, FLETCHER, FLOOD, GILES, HAMPER, HASKELL, HILL, MAKAS, MILLER, MUSE, NASS, PERCY, PILON, PINKHAM, PLUMMER, PRA IT, PRESCOTT, PRIEST, ROSEN, SAMSON, SCHATZ, SIMPSON, SIROIS, SMITH, SUTHERLAND, TARDY, TRINW ARD, WEBSTER, WHEELER, WOODBURY, BARTLETT, BENOIT, BOWMAN, BROMLEY, HOBBINS, NUTTING, ROTUNDO, SCHNEIDER, SNOWE-MELLO, TURNER, WESTON
Amends: 29-A MRSA §456-D

Legislative Document 
No. 775 
H.P.593 
House of Representatives, February 13,2007 
An Act To Create a Special License Plate To Support Breast Cancer 
Support Services 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative STRANG BURGESS of Cumberland. 
Cosponsored by Senator DAMON of Hancock and 
Representatives: ANNIS of Dover-Foxcroft, AUSTIN of Gray, BABBIDGE of Kennebunk, 
BEAUDOIN of Biddeford, BERUBE of Lisbon, BRYANT of Windham, CAIN of Orono, 
CASA V ANT of Biddeford, CHASE of Wells, CLARK of Millinocket, CLEARY of Houlton, 
CONOVER of Oakland, CRAVEN of Lewiston, CRESSEY of Cornish, CROCKETT of 
Augusta, Speaker CUMMINGS of Portland, DUPREY of Hampden, EATON of Sullivan, 
EDGECOMB of Caribou, FINLEY of Skowhegan, FISCHER of Presque Isle, FLETCHER of 
Winslow, FLOOD of Winthrop, GILES of Belfast, HAMPER of Oxford, HASKELL of 
Portland, HILL of York, MacDONALD of Boothbay, MAKAS of Lewiston, MILLER of 
Somerville, MUSE of Fryeburg, NASS of Acton, PERCY of Phippsburg, PILON of Saco, 
PINKHAM of Lexington Township, PLUMMER of Windham, PRA IT of Eddington, 
PRESCOTT of Topsham, PRIEST of Brunswick, ROSEN of Bucksport, SAMSON of Auburn, 
SCHATZ of Blue Hill, SIMPSON of Auburn, SIROIS of Turner, SMITH of Monmouth, 
SUTHERLAND of Chapman, TARDY of Newport, TRINW ARD of Waterville, WEBSTER 
of Freeport, WHEELER of Kittery, WOODBURY of Yarmouth, Senators: BARTLETT of 
Cumberland, BENOIT of Sagadahoc, BOWMAN of York, BROMLEY of Cumberland, 
HOBBINS of York, NUTTING of Androscoggin, ROTUNDO of Androscoggin, SA V AGE of 
Knox, SCHNEIDER of Penobscot, SNOWE-MELLO of Androscoggin, TURNER of 
Cumberland, WESTON of Waldo. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §456-D is enacted to read: 
§456-D. Breast Cancer Support Services registration plates 
The Secretary of State shall issue Breast Cancer Support Services registration plates 
beginning October 1, 2007 in accordance with this section. 
Breast Cancer Support 
Services plates are not required for registration of a motor vehicle but are to allow 
citizens to participate voluntarily to fund the support service fund of the Maine Breast 
Cancer Coalition or its successor organization, the Maine Cancer Foundation or its 
successor organization and the breast and cervical health program within the Department 
of Health and Human Services. 
1. Breast Cancer Support Services registration plate. The Secretarv 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 SOland the administrative fee 
and voluntary contribution provided for in subsection 2, shall issue a registration 
certificate and a set of Breast Cancer Support Services 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 Breast Cancer Support Services Special Programs Fund established in 
subsection 5 by applying for the special registration plates and submitting, in addition to 
the regular motor vehicle registration fee, a sum of $20 credited as follows: 
A. Fourteen dollars to the Breast Cancer Support Services Special Programs Fund 
established in subsection 5; and 
B. Six 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 Breast Cancer Support Services 
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 Breast Cancer Support Services registration 
plates is $15, which must be deposited with the Treasurer of State and credited as 
follows: 
A. Fourteen dollars to the Breast Cancer Support Services Special Programs Fund 
established in subsection 5; and 
B. One dollar to the Specialty License Plate Fund established in section 469 for 
administrative and production costs. 
5. Special fund established. The Treasurer of State shall establish a Breast Cancer 
Support Services Special Programs Fund to fund the support service fund of the Maine 
Breast Cancer Coalition or its successor organization, the Maine Cancer Foundation or its 
successor organization and the breast and cervical health program within the Department 
of Health and Human Services. 
SUMMARY 
This bill creates a special Breast Cancer Support Services license plate to support 
breast cancer support services in the State. The beneficiaries of the program are the 
Maine Breast Cancer Coalition's Support Service Fund, the Maine Cancer Foundation and 
the Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program within the Department of Health and 
Human Services.