An Act To Increase the Time Period for Motor Vehicle Inspections to 2 Years
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2112
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: KAENRATH
Amends: 29-A MRSA §1751, 29-A MRSA §1752

Legislative Document 
No. 2112 
H.P.1498 
House of Representatives, December 31, 2007 
An Act To Increase the Time Period for Motor Vehicle Inspections 
to 2 Years 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
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Presented by Representative KAENRATH of South Portland. 
Printed on recycled paper 
MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec.,1. 29-A MRSA §1751, sub-§l, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by Pt. B, §~, is amended to read: 
1. 
Inspection required. 
Except as provided in this chapter or section 2307, 
subsection I, a motor vehicle required to be registered in this State must have an aH-H-Hal 
inspection every 2 years. A person may have a motor vehicle inspected more frequently. 
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §1751, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 786, § I, is 
amended to read: 
2-A. Enhanced inspection. Beginning January 1, 1999, a A motor vehicle that is 
required to be registered in Cumberland County and that is subject to inspection pursuant 
to subsection 1 must have an aH-H-Hal enhanced inspection every 2 years. The following 
equipment is subject to inspection: 
A. 
Equipment subject to inspection pursuant to subsection 2; 
B. 
The fuel tank cap on 1974 and subsequent models of gasoline-powered vehicles; 
and 
C. 
The on-board diagnostic system on 1996 and subsequent models. 
A motor vehicle that is not required to be registered in Cumberland County may have an 
enhanced inspection under this subsection. 
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §1752, sub-§4, ~, as amended by PL 2005, c. 314, §7, is 
further amended to read: 
B. 
Has a partial aH-H-Hal biennial inspection of the running gear, steering mechanism, 
brakes, exhaust system and lights; safety glass under section 1915; and tires under 
section 1917; and 
Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §1752, sub-§7, ~, as amended by PL 2005, c. 314, §8, is 
further amended to read: 
B. 
Has a partial aH-H-Hal biennial inspection consisting of the running gear, steering 
mechanism, brakes, exhaust system and lights; safety glass under section 1915; and 
tires under section 1917, subsection 3; and 
Sec. 5. 29-A MRSA §1752, sub-§8, ,C, as amended by PL 2003, c. 125, §2 and 
c. 397, §5, is further amended to read: 
C. 
Has a partial aH-H-Hal biennial inspection of running gear, steering mechanism, 
brakes and exhaust system and tires under section 1917, subsection 3; 
SUMMARY 
This bill changes the annual inspection requirement for motor vehicles, except for 
commercial vehicles, trailers and semitrailers, to a biennial inspection requirement. This 
bill also changes the annual enhanced inspection requirement for vehicles registered in 
Cumberland County to a biennial requirement. 
Finally, this bill changes the annual 
partial inspection requirement for farm trucks, fish trucks and woods tractors to a biennial 
requirement.