An Act To Make Changes to the Motorcycle Inspection Sticker Requirements
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0221
Committee Amendment CA_A_S66 (Senate)
Amends: 29-A MRSA §405

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A "to S.P. 72, L.D. 221, Bill, "An Act To Make 
Changes to the Motorcycle Inspection Sticker Requirements" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §405, sub-§l, as amended by PL2005, c. 577, §9, is further 
amended to read: 
1. 
Automobile, truck, truck tractor, motor home, moped, semitrailers not 
exceeding a gross vehicle weight of 2,000 pounds, special mobile equipment, tractor 
and camp trailer registration. Registration for an automobile, truck, truck tractor, 
motor home, motorcycle, moped, semitrailer not exceeding a gross vehicle weight of 
2,000 pounds, special mobile equipment, tractor and camp trailer is as follows. 
A. 
A registration expires on the last day of the month one year from the month of 
Issuance. 
B. 
When an application is made after the registration for the previous year has 
expired, the term of the renewal begins on the month of the issuance of the previous 
registration. 
C. 
A person who has a fleet of 5 or more motor vehicles may petition the Secretary 
of State for a common expiration date of all vehicle registrations. 
Sec. 2. 29-A MRS A §1758, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 624, §2 and 
affected by §4, is amended to read: 
3. Motorcycles; proof of inspection. If a motorcycle meets the inspection standard, 
upon payment of applicable inspection fees pursuant to section 1751, subsection 3-A a 
valid certificate of inspection and an official inspection sticker for the motorcycle must be 
issued. The certificate of inspection must be kept with the registration certificate of the 
motorcycle and the official inspection sticker must be affixed to the rear of the 
motorcycle:- on the registration plate. 
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A. OR a mouRting plate that must be securely fasteRed to the motorcycle frame or 
similar integral component oftRe motorcycle; or 
B. On a rear fender or similar frame or integral body part of the motorcycle. 
The official inspection sticker must be located so that it is completely and clearly visible 
from the rear of the motorcycle and may not be affixed to the registration plate. If the 
registration plate is reassigned to another motorcycle pursuant to section 463, subsection 
4, the certificate of inspection and the official inspection sticker expire upon 
reassignment. 
Sec.3. PL 2009, c. 624, §4 is amended to read: 
Sec. 4. Effective date. Those sections of this Act that amend the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 29-A, section 1758 take effect JaRuary March 1,2012. 
Sec. 4. Motorcycle registration plates; registration sticker; direction to 
the Secretary of State. Before March 1, 2012, the Secretary of State ·shall design and 
issue one registration sticker for motorcycle registration plates to be used in lieu of 
issuing new motorcycle registration plates each calendar year as provided in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 451, subsection 3. This registration sticker must 
clearly indicate both the year and month of registration expiration. 
Sec. 5. Proof of inspection. Before March I, 2013, if a motorcycle meets the 
inspection standard under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 1751, either a 
valid certificate of inspection or an official inspection sticker for the motorcycle is 
acceptable proof of inspection for purposes of Title 29-A, section 1758, subsecton 3. 
Sec. 6. 
Registration transition. 
Motorcycle registrations issued after the 
effective date of this Act expire on March 31, 2012. Registration fees required by the 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 515, subsection 1 and payment of excise tax 
under Title 36, section 1482 must be prorated accordingly. 
A motorcycle registration that is renewed on or after March 1, 2012 has a registration 
period from April 1st to March 31st of the next calendar year. No portion of the fee is 
refundable, but, beginning March I, 2012, credit toward the registration fee and excise 
tax must be given and registration fees required by Title 29-A, section 515, subsection 1 
and payment of excise tax under Title 36, section 1482 must be prorated accordingly. 
Sec. 7. Effective date. Those sections of this Act that amend the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 29-A, section 405, subsection 1 and section 1758, subsection 3 take effect 
March 1,2012.' 
SUMMARY 
The amendment changes the registration period for motorcycles to a fixed registration 
period of April 1 st to March 31 st of the next calendar year. 
The amendment also 
provides that the registration fee and excise tax for motorcycles due for renewal in 2012 
will be prorated accordingly. 
The amendment provides that, beginning March 1, 2012, an inspection sticker for a 
motorcycle must be affixed to the registration plate and not on a mounting plate or rear 
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fender or similar frame or integral body part of the motorcycle. The amendment also 
provides that if the registration plate is reassigned to another motorcycle, the certificate of 
inspection and the official inspection sticker expire upon reassignment. 
The amendment changes the deadline for the Secretary of State to design one 
registration sticker, which must clearly indicate both the year and month of registration 
expiration, for motorcycle registration plates from January 1, 2012 to March 1,2012. 
The amendment also provides that before March 1, 2013, if a motorcycle meets the 
inspection standard, either a valid certificate of inspection or an official inspection sticker 
for the motorcycle is acceptable proof of inspection. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 05/02111 frac 
LD 221 
LR 495(02) 
An Act To Make Changes to the Motorcycle Inspection Sticker Requirements 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" s. .. ~" 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Highway Fund 
Additional costs to the Department of Secretary of State associated with designing and issuing one registration sticker 
for motorcycle registration plates can be absorbed with existing staff and within existing budgeted resources. 
LR0495(02) - Fiscal Note - Page I of 1