An Act To Increase Mandatory Minimum Insurance Requirements for Vehicles for Hire
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0592
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: BLISS, BECK, BRYANT, HINCK, MARTIN, SMITH, BARTLETT
Amends: 29-A MRSA §1611

FIRST P~GULAR SESSION=2009 
Legislative Document 
No. 592 
H.P.430 
House of Representatives, February 17,2009 
An Act To Increase Mandatory Minimum Insurance Requirements 
for Vehicles for Hire 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative FLAHERTY 0 f Scarborough. 
Cosponsored by Senator BLISS of Cumberland and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: BECK of Waterville, BRYANT of Windham, HINCK of Portland, MARTIN 
of Orono, MORRISON OfSOllth Portland, SMITH of Monmouth, Senator: BARTLETT of 
Cumberland. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRS A §1611, sub-§2, €ffA, as affected by PL 1995, c. 65, Pt. A, 
§ 153 and amended by Pt. ~L§ 18' and affec!f:d by Pt. C, § 15, is further amended to~ead: 
A. 
Except as provided in paragraph E, there is a $350,000 $500,000 combined 
single limit for rental vehicles, emergency vehicles and for-hire transportation 
vehicles for transporting freight or merchandise but not passengers in intrastate-
exempt service or service exempted by the Interstate Commerce Commission. 
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §1611, sub-§2, ~, as amended by PL 2007, c. 703, §23, is 
further amended to read: 
B. Fqr vehicles used exclusively to transport passengers for hire between points 
within the State, including' motor vehicles under contract with the State, a 
municipality or a school district for the transportation of students, but not vehicles 
defIned as school buses in section 2301, subsection 5, there is a combined single limit 
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of: 
(1) 
One hundred twenty five Five hundred thousand dollars, or split limits 
consisting of $50,000 per person and $100,000 per occurrence for bodily injury 
liability, and $25,000 for property damage liability for vehicles that are designed 
to carry no more than 3 passengers behind the driver's seat; 
(2) Three hundred thousand One million dollars for vehicles that are designed to 
carry 4 to 7 passengers behind the driver's seat, including those vehicles under 
contract with the State, a municipality or a school district for the transportation of 
students; 
(3) Seven hundred fifty One million five hundred thousand dollars for vehicles 
thatare designed to carry 8 to 15 passengers behind the driver's seat; 
(4) 
Gne Three million five hundred thousand dollars for vehicles that are 
designed to carry 16 to 30 passengers behind the driver's seat; 
(5) +we Five million dollars for vehicles that are designed to carry 31 or more 
passengers behind the driver's seat; and 
(6) Four hundred thousand dollars for vehicles registered to a transit district as 
defmed in Title 30-A, section 3501. 
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §1611, sub-§2, €ffE, as affected by PL 1995, c. 65, Pt. A, 
§153 and enacted by Pt. B, §20 and affected by Pt. C, §15, is amended to read: 
E. 
For rental trucks with a registered gross weight of 26,000 pounds or less, rented 
or leased for fewer than 30 days:' 
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(1) There is a combined single limit of $125,000;' or $500,000. 
(2) There is a split limit of $50,000 per person or $100,000 per occurrence for 
bodily iniurv liability and $25.000 for property damage liability. 
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SUMMARY 
This bill increases the required minimum insurance coverage for vehicles for hire, 
including emergency vehicles and rental vehicles.