An Act To Create a Retired Firefighter Registration Plate
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0535
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: JACKSON, MARTIN, BLANCHARD, BRYANT, HOGAN, PATRICK, PIEH, PINGREE, NUTTING, STRIMLING
Amends: 29-A MRSA §456-D

Legislative Document 
No. 535 
H.P.413 
House of Representatives, February 5, 2007 
An Act To Create a Retired Firefighter Registration Plate 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative JACKSON of Allagash . 
Cosponsored by Senator MARTIN of Aroostook and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: BLANCHARD of Old Town, BRYANT of Windham, HOGAN of Old 
Orchard Beach, PATRICK of Rumford, PIEH of Bremen, PINGREE of North Haven, 
Senators: NUTTING of Androscoggin, STRIMLING of Cumberland. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §456-D is enacted to read: 
§4S6-D. Retired firefiehter registration plates 
The Secretary of State shall issue registration 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, 2008. 
Retired firefighter 
registration plates are not required for registration of a motor vehicle but are to allow 
retired firefighters to participate voluntarily in funding fire prevention programs. 
1. Retired firefighter registration plates. The Secretary of State, upon receiving 
an application and evidence of payment of the excise tax required by Title 36, section 
II 
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. 
Administrative fee and contribution to special programs. A person may 
contribute to the Retired Firefighter Special Programs Fund under subsection 5 by 
applying for the retired firefighter registration plates and submitting, in addition to the 
regular motor vehicle registration fee, $20 credited 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: 
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 deposited pursuant to subsections 2 and 4 to fund programs that offer fire 
prevention and fire safety training. 
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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.