Resolve, To Establish a Pilot Project To issue Conditional. Titles for Certain Automobiles and Trucks That Are More than 2S Years Old
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1150
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: WEBSTER

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124thMAINE LEGISLATURE 
Legislative Document 
No.11S0 
H.P.794 
House Of Representatives, March 23, 2009 
Resolve, To Establish a Pilot Project To issue Conditional. Titles for 
Certain Automobiles and Trucks That Are More than 2S Years Old 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed, 
Presented by Representative WEBSTER of Freeport. 
Cosponsored by SenatorpIAMOND oJ Cumberland. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Sec. 1. Pilot project. Resolved: That the Secretary of State shall establish a 
pilot proj'ect under which, upon the presentation of documented and notarized evidence of 
ownership, the Secretary of State may issue a conditional title to a Maine resident owner 
of an automobile or, a truck,that was manufactured in or after model year 1916 and is 
more than 25 years old. The Secretary of State shall develop a procedure whereby the 
owner of an automobile or truck that is issued a conditional title under this section may 
convert the conditional title to a certificate of title for an antique auto under the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title' 29-A, chapter 7 upon certification of that automobile or truck as 
meeting the definition of "antique auto"set forth in Title 29-A, section 101, subsection 3. 
In developing this procedure, the Secretary of State may require that the certification be 
conducted by an independent organization that specializes in antique automobiles and. 
vehicles. The Secretary of State may establish application procedures; develop fonTIs, set 
fees and establish other administrative requirements necessary to conduct the pilot 
project; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
Joint Standing Committeeon Transportation no later than February 1,2010. Thereport 
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must include the status of the pilot project under section 1 andrecommehdations for 
continuance, discontinuance or modification of the pilot project's tenus. After reviewing 
the report, the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation may rep'ort out legislation to 
the Second Regular Session of the 124th Legislature concerning the subject matter of this 
resolve . 
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SUMMARY 
This resolve directs the Secretary of State to establish a pilot project under which a 
conditional title may be issued to a Maine resident owner of an automobile or a truck that 
is more than '25 years old. Under the pilot project, the owner of a vehicle may convert the 
conditional title to a certificate of title for an antique auto upon certification that the 
vehicle meets the statutory defmition of "antique auto." The Secretary of State is directed 
to submit a report on the pilot projc;:ct, along with any recommendations, to the Joint 
Standing Committee on Transportation by February 1, 2010. 
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