An Act To Allow Police Officers To Operate Mobile Command Units without a Special License
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1454
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: HASKELL, BRANNIGAN, CELLI, DRISCOLL, FOSSEL, HANLEY, HOGAN, PEOPLES
Amends: 29-A MRSA §1252

Legislative Document 
No. 1454 
H.P. 1068 
House of Representatives, April 11, 2011 
An Act To Allow Police Officers To Operate Mobile Command 
Units without a Special License 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative HASKELL of Portland. 
Cosponsored by Senator BRANNIGAN of Cumberland and 
Representatives: CELLI of Brewer, DRISCOLL of Westbrook, FOSSEL of Alna, HANLEY of 
Gardiner, HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach, PEOPLES of Westbrook. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  29-A MRSA §1252, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2007, c. 383, §20, is 
further amended to read: 
C.  A Class C license may be issued for the operation of a single vehicle or a 
combination of vehicles that does not meet the definition of Class A or Class B 
license. 
A holder of a Class C license may, with an appropriate endorsement, operate all 
vehicles in that class. 
A Class C license authorizes: 
(1)  A full-time or volunteer member of an organized municipal, state or federal 
fire department and a law enforcement officer who is a member of an organized 
municipal, state or federal law enforcement department to operate fire apparatus 
as described in 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 383.3 (2005) and to 
operate a commercial motor vehicle as a mobile command unit; 
(2)  A person to operate recreational vehicles for personal use; 
(3)  A person to operate commercial motor vehicles for military purposes as 
required in 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 383.3 (2005); 
(4)  A person to operate registered farm motor trucks bearing the letter "F" on the 
registration plate when the vehicle is: 
(a)  Controlled and operated by a farmer, including operation by the farmer's 
employees or family members; 
(b)  Used to transport agricultural products, farm machinery or farm supplies 
to or from a farm; 
(c)  Not used in the operation of a common or contract motor carrier; and 
(d)  Used within 150 miles of the registered owner's farm; 
(5)  A person, employed by a city, town, county, district or other unit of local 
government created by or pursuant to law that has a total population of 3,000 
individuals or less, to operate a commercial motor vehicle within the boundaries 
of that unit of local government for the purpose of removing snow or ice from a 
roadway by plowing, sanding or salting, if: 
(a)  The properly licensed employee who ordinarily operates a commercial 
motor vehicle for those purposes is unable to operate the vehicle; or 
(b)  The employing governmental entity determines that a snow or ice 
emergency exists that requires additional assistance; or 
(6)  A person to operate a truck registered as an antique automobile, regardless of 
weight or combination weight, provided the vehicle is used for noncommercial 
recreational purposes or purposes pursuant to section 101, subsection 3. 
SUMMARY 
This bill provides that law enforcement officers in the State are allowed to operate a 
commercial motor vehicle as a mobile command unit under the same allowance given to 
firefighters and operators of fire apparatus.