An Act To Include the Vehicles of Emergency Medical Services Persons in the Firefighter Registration Plate Program
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1249
Committee Amendment CA_A_H160 (House)
Amends: 29-A MRSA §519-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "~" to H.P. 872, L.D. 1249, Bill, "An Act To 
Include the Vehicles of Emergency Medical Services Persons in the Firefighter 
Registration Plate Program" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Create the Emergency Medical Services Registration Plate' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §519-A is enacted to read: 
§519-A. Registration plates for emergency medical services persons 
1. Authority to issue special registration plates. Notwithstanding section 468-A 
and upon application by an emergency medical services person licensed under Title 32, 
chapter 2-B whose status is ce1tified by the Director of Maine Emergency Medical 
Services within the Depattment of Public Safety, the Secretaiy of State shall issue a set of 
special emergency medical services registration plates to that person. 
2. 
Registration plate design. The Secretary of State may design a numerical 
registration plate to be issued under this section. 
3. Use of registration plates. The registration plates issued under this section may 
be used on only one motor vehicle with a registered gross weight of not more than 10,000 
pounds. 
4. 
Fee for registration plates. 
A one-time fee of $5 is charged for a set of 
emergency medical services registration plates in addition to the annual motor vehicle 
registration fee required by section 501. 
5. Recall of registration plates. When an emergency medical services person is no 
longer licensed under Title 32, chapter 2-B, the Director of Maine Emergency Medical 
Services within the Depattment of Public Safety shall notify the Secretary of State and 
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the Secretary of State shall recall any registration plates issued to that person under this 
section. 
6. Vanity registration plates. The Secretary of State shall issue emergency medical 
services registration plates that are also vanity plates. 
Emergency medical services 
registration vanity plates are issued in accordance with section 453. Emergency medical 
services registration vanity plates may not duplicate vanity registration plates in any other 
class of plate. 
7. Date of first issue. The Secretary of State shall issue emergency medical services 
registration plates on or after January 1, 2018, 
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF 
Administration - Motor Vehicles 0077 
Initiative: Provides a one-time allocation to manufacture and issue registration plates for 
emergency medical services personnel. 
HIGHWAY FUND 
All Other 
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2017-18 
$8,452 
$8,452 
2018-19 
$0 
$0 
This amendment strikes the provision in the bill that provides for issuance of special 
firefighter registration plates for emergency medical services persons. 
Instead, the 
amendment provides for the issuance of emergency medical services registration plates 
for emergency medical services persons who are licensed by the Emergency Medical 
Services' Board and certified by the Director of Maine Emergency Medical Services 
within the Department of Public Safety. The amendment also strikes the contingent 
effective date in the bill and requires the Secretary of State to issue emergency medical 
services registration plates on or after January 1, 2018. The amendment also adds an 
appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/05/17 frac.. 
LD 1249 
LR 1145(02) 
An Act To Include the Vehicles of Emergency Medical Services Persons in the Firefighter Registration 
Plate Program 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 
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Committee: Transportation 
Net Cost (Savings) 
Highway Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
Highway Fund 
Revenue 
Highway Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
FY 2018-19 
$4,452 
($6,000) 
$8,452 
$0 
$4,000 
$6,000 
Projections 
FY2019-20 
$0 
$0 
$0 
Projections 
FY2020-21 
$0 
$0 
$0 
The bill includes a one-time Highway Fund allocation to the Department of Secretary of State of $8,452 in fiscal year 
2017-18 to manufacture and issue registration plates for emergency medical services personnel. Highway Fund 
revenue is increased in fiscal year 2017-18 by $4,000 and in fiscal year 2018-19 by $6,000 as a result of the $5 
issuance fee for these plates. 
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