An Act To Amend Maine Motor Vehicle Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1524
Committee Amendment CA_A_H316 (House)
Amends: 29-A MRSA §1953

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "ft" to H.P. 1048, L.D. 1524, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend Maine Motor Vehicle Laws" 
Amend the bill in section 2 in subsection 93 in the last line (page 1, line 10 in L.D.) 
by striking out the following: "one vehicle" and inserting the following: 'oae vehiele i 
vehicles' 
Amend the bill in section 4 by striking out all of paragraph A (page 1, lines 3 2 to 3 8 
and page 2, lines 1 to 9 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'A. A person may not violate any provision of the rules of the Depattment of Public 
Safety, Bureau of State Police adopted under section 555 that incorporates by 
reference any of the following federal regulations or that is an amended version of 
any of the following federal regulations: 
(1) 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 390.21 ~; 
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 1, paragraph C, 49 Code of 
Federal Regulations, Section 391.41 ~; 
(3) 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 392.7, 392.8, 392.9(a), 392.9(b), 
392.16, 392.22, 392.24, 392.25, 392.33, 392.71, 392.80 and 392.82 ~; 
(4) Any section of 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 393 ~; 
(4-A) 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 395.3(a)(3)(ii), 395.8(a)(2){ii). 
395.8(d) and 395.8(i) ~; or 
(5) 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 396, except Sections 396. 7 and 396.9 
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Amend the bill by striking out all of section 6. 
Amend the bill in section 8 in § 1951 in the first paragraph in the last line (page 2, line 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: 
11390.21
and inserting the following: 
'390.21T, as amended' 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
R. of S. 
COMMITIEE AMENDMENT ·A "to H.P. 1048, L.D. 1524 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 9 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 9. 29-A MRSA §1953, sub-§2, 1C, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, 
§2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is repealed.' 
Amend the bill in section 10 in §2120 by striking out all of subsections 4 and 5 (page 
3, lines 12 to 16 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
'4. Penalty. A person who violates subsection 2 commits a traffic infraction for 
which a fine of $50 must be adjudged.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
Under current law, the definition of "wrecker" specifically excludes a vehicle 
designed to carry or tow more than one vehicle on its own body. This amendment 
amends that definition to include a vehicle designed to carry or tow up to 2 vehicles on its 
own body. 
The amendment also strikes redundant language that seeks to clarify that the version 
of federal regulations incorporated by reference into the rules of the Department of Public 
Safety, Maine State Police is the most cun-ent version as filed with the Secretary of State. 
Current law already provides for this. 
The amendment strikes from the bill the provision that creates the Class C crime of 
operating, or permitting the operation of, a motor vehicle without proof of financial 
responsibility if death or serious bodily injury results from an accident involving that 
motor vehicle. 
The amendment makes a technical correction to a reference to a federal regulation. 
Current law specifies that a truck tractor need not be equipped with splash guards 
when it is not hauling a trailer or semitrailer. The amendment repeals that exception. 
The bill reallocates from the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22 to Title 29-A the 
statute that prohibits a person from smoking in a motor vehicle when a person who has 
not attained 16 years of age is present in that motor vehicle. The amendment provides 
that a penalty for a violation of this prohibition is a traffic infraction rather than a civil 
violation. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/13/17 feac.. 
LD 1524 
LR 775(02) 
An Act To Amend Maine Motor Vehicle Laws 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment •fl(,l-\-31 &, \ 
Committee: Transportation 
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Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor revenue decrease - Highway Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Highway Fund revenues will be 'reduced by minor amounts not requiring any changes to budget for the changes made 
to antique auto inspections. 
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