An Act To Encourage Responsible Teen Driving
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1912
Committee Amendment CA_A_S551 (Senate)
Amends: 29-A MRSA §2251

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to S.P. 684, L.D. 1912, Bill, "An Act To 
Encourage Responsible Teen Driving" 
Amend the bill in section 3 in subsection 2 in the last 2 lines (page 1, lines 11 and 12 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "or until the person attains 18 years of age, 
whichever occurs later." and inserting the following: '. The period of license restrictions 
may extend beyond the person's 18th birthday.' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in subsection 4 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 23 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "$350" and inserting the following: '$250 and not more than 
$500' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 7 and 8. 
Amend the bill in section 9 in subsection 3 in the 2nd line (page 2, line 11 in L.D.) by 
striking out the following: "$350" and inserting the following: '$250 and not more than 
$500' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 9 the following: 
'Sec. 10. 29-A MRSA §2251, sub-§7-A, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 390, §2 and 
amended by c. 420, Pt. K, § 1 and affected by §2, is further amended to read: 
7-A. Accident report database; public dissemination of accident report data. 
Data contained in an accident report database maintained, administered or contributed to 
by the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police must be treated as follows. 
A. For purposes ofthis subsection, the following terms have the following meanings. 
(1) "Data" means information existing in an electronic medium and contained in 
an accident report database. 
(2) 
"Nonpersonally identifying accident report data" means any data in an 
accident report that are not personally identifying accident report data. 
(3) "Personally identifying accident report data" means: 
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(a) An individual's name, residential and post office box mailing address, 
social security number, date of birth and driver's license number; 
(b) A vehicle registration plate number; 
(c) An insurance policy number; 
(d) Information contained in any free text data field of an accident report; 
and 
(e) Any other information contained in a data field of an accident report that 
may be used to identify a person. 
B. +he Except as provided in paragraph B-1, the Department of Public Safety, 
Bureau of State Police may not publicly disseminate personally identifying accident 
report data that are contained in an accident report database maintained, administered 
or contributed to by the Bureau of State Police. Such data are not public records for 
the purposes of Title 1, chapter 13. 
B-1. The Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police may disseminate a 
vehicle registration plate number contained in an accident report database maintained, 
administered or contributed to by the Bureau of State Police to a person only if that 
person provides the Bureau of State Police an affidavit stating that the person will 
not: 
(1) Use a vehicle registration plate number to identify or contact a person; or 
(2) Disseminate a vehicle registration plate number to another person. 
C. 
The Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State Police may publicly 
disseminate nonpersonally identifying accident report data that are contained in an 
accident report database maintained, administered or contributed to by the Bureau of 
State Police. The cost of furnishing a copy of such data is not subject to the 
limitations of Title 1, section 408. 
Sec. 11. 29-A MRSA §2251, sub-§8, as amended by PL 2001, c. 360, §15, is 
further amended to read: 
8. Violation. A person commits a Class E crime if that person: 
A. 
Is required to make an oral or written report and knowingly fails to do so within 
the time required; 
B. 
Is an operator involved in a reportable accident and knowingly fails to give a 
correct name and address when requested by an officer at the scene; er 
C. 
Is the operator involved in a reportable accident or the owner of a vehicle 
involved in a reportable accident and knowingly fails to produce the vehicle or, if the 
vehicle is operational, return it to the scene when requested by the investigating 
officer-:-; or 
D. Obtains a vehicle registration plate number pursuant to subsection 7-A, paragraph 
B-1 and knowingly uses that vehicle registration plate number to identify or contact a 
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person or knowingly disseminates that vehicle registration plate number to another 
person.' 
Amend the bill in section 11 by striking out all of subsection 2-A (page 2, lines 22 to 
in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'2-A. 
Driver improvement DrOl!ram. 
A person whose license is suspended 
pursuant to subsection 2 shall complete a minimum of 4 hours of a driver improvement 
program approved by the Secretary of State before the suspension may be terminated.' 
Amend the bill in section 12 in subsection 2-B in the last line (page 2, line 29 in L.D.) 
by inserting after the following: "State" the following: 'before the suspension may be 
terminated' 
Amend the bill in section 13 in subsection 7 in the last 2 lines (page 2, lines 34 and 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: ", in addition to the regular license fee," 
Amend the bill in section 14 by striking out all of subsection 1 (page 3, lines 3 to 7 in 
L.D.) and inserting the following: 
't. Reinstatement fee for suspensions other than for OUI or failure to submit to 
a test. Befere Except as provided in section 2472, subsection 7, before a suspension for 
any reason other than QUI or failure to submit to a test is terminated and a license or 
certificate reinstated, a fee of $50, in additios to the regular lie esse fee, must be paid to 
the Secretary of State.' 
Amend the bill in section 15 by striking out all of subsection I-A (page 3, lines 10 to 
in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
't-A. Reinstatement fee for suspensions for OUI or failure to submit to a test. 
Befere Except as provided in section 2472, subsection 7, before a suspension for QUI or 
failure to submit to a test is terminated and a license or certificate reinstated, a fee of $50, 
is additios to the regular lieesse fee, must be paid to the Secretary of State.' 
Amend the bill by adding after section 15 the following: 
'Sec. 16. Effective date. That section of this Act that enacts the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2472, subsection 2-A takes effect January 1,2013.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. 
The bill increases the period of restrictions for an intermediate license holder from 
days to either 270 days from license issuance or until the person attains 18 years of 
age, whichever occurs later. The amendment limits the period of restrictions to 270 days 
but allows that period to extend beyond the person's 18th birthday. 
This amendment changes the fme imposed on an intermediate license holder for a 
violation of the restrictions for intermediate license holders from a minimum of $350 as 
proposed in the bill to not less than $250 and not more than $500. 
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The bill provides that, before a suspension issued to the holder of an intermediate 
license is terminated and a license reinstated, a fee of $100, in addition to the regular 
license fee, must be paid to the Secretary of State. This amendment removes these 
provisions. The reinstatement fee for suspensions other than for OUI or failure to submit 
to a test under current law is $50 and applies to intermediate license holders. 
This amendment strikes the provision in the bill requiring driver education for 
persons 18 years of age or older. 
This amendment changes the fine for a violation of the prohibition against engaging 
in text messaging while driving from a minimum of $350 as proposed in the bill to not 
less than $250 and not more than $500. 
This amendment provides that the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of State 
Police may provide a vehicle registration plate number from an accident report to a 
person only if that person provides the department an affidavit stating that the person will 
not use a vehicle registration plate number to identify or contact a person or disseminate a 
vehicle registration plate number to another person. A person who knowingly uses a 
vehicle registration plate number provided by the bureau to identify or contact a person or 
disseminates the number commits a Class E crime. 
The bill requires that a defensive driving course must be completed by a juvenile 
provisional license holder whose license is suspended for a moving violation. This 
amendment instead requires a juvenile provisional license holder whose license is 
suspended for a moving violation to complete a minimum of 4 hours of a driver 
improvement program approved by the Secretary of State. The effective date of this 
provision is January 1,2013. 
This amendment clarifies that before a suspension that resulted from a juvenile 
provisional license holder's conviction for an offense listed in the habitual offender law 
may be terminated the juvenile provisional license holder must successfully complete a 
road test and written exam. 
The bill provides that, before a suspension that resulted from a juvenile provisional 
license holder's conviction for an offense listed in the habitual offender law is terminated 
and a license reinstated, a fee of $350, in addition to the regular license fee, must be paid 
to the Secretary of State. This amendment removes the requirement that the regular 
license fee be paid to the Secretary of State. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Highway Fund 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Highway Fund 
Approved: 04111112 
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LD 1912 
LR 2882(02) 
An Act To Encourage Responsible Teen Driving 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment" A" S .. .ss, 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2011-12 
$0 
$0 
FY 2012-13 
($54,787) 
($106,950) 
Projections 
FY 2013-14 
($59,048) 
($96,255) 
Projections 
FY 2014-15 
($59,048) 
($96,255) 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$54,787 
$106,950 
$1,539 
$59,048 
$96,255 
$1,742 
$59,048 
$96,255 
$1,742 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This bill as amended increases the reinstatement fee of a juvenile provisional license holder for a conviction listed in 
the habitual offender law from $50 to $350 and would result in an increase in General Fund revenue and Highway 
Fund revenue in fiscal year 2012-13 of $13,050 and $106,950, respectively. The increase in General Fund fine 
revenue is estimated to be $41,737 in fiscal year 2012-13. 
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