An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1223
Committee Amendment CA_A_H454 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "I}" to H.P. 884, L.D. 1223, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Traffic Movement Permit Process To Incorporate a Multimodal Approach to 
Infrastructure Planning" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Incorporate 
Transportation Demand Management Strategies in Its Rules Pertaining to Traffic 
Movement Permits' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Formation of stakeholder group. Resolved: That the Commissioner 
of Transportation shall form a stakeholder group to review Chapter 305 of the 
Department of Transportation's rules pertaining to the traffic movement permit process 
established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 704-A. 
Sec. 2. Traffic movement permit recommendations. Resolved: That the 
stakeholder group under section 1 shall develop and evaluate recommendations for 
incorporation into the traffic movement permit process of the following: 
1. Feasible transportation demand management strategies that must be considered 
when analyzing the widening ofroadways; 
2. A requirement that all applicants for a traffic movement permit analyze all modes 
of transportation reasonably related to a project, including but not limited to modes such 
as vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, transit and trail use; and 
3. Standards to be used by applicants for a traffic movement permit to evaluate the 
impacts on each mode of transportation reasonably related to a project and strategies to 
mitigate those impacts, including thresholds for applying those standards to a project and 
allowing an entity proposing a project that does not meet the thresholds to opt in to using 
those standards. 
Sec. 3. Rulemaking. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Transportation shall 
submit major substantive rules amending the traffic movement permit process under the 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A "to H.P. 884, L.D. 1223 
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, section 704-A, based on the findings and 
recommendations of the stakeholder group under section 2, no later than February 1, 
2020. 
Sec. 4. Authorization to introduce a bill. Resolved: That the Commissioner 
of Transportation shall identify and recommend to the Joint Standing Committee on 
Transportation any provision in law that may need to be amended to achieve the 
recommendations of the stakeholder group under section 2. The joint standing committee 
may introduce a bill amending the provisions of law identified by the commissioner 
during the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes and replaces the bill with a resolve requmng the 
Commissioner of Transportation to form a stakeholder group to review the Department of 
Transportation's rules pertaining to the traffic movement permit process. 
The 
commissioner is required to submit major substantive rules amending the traffic 
movement permit process adopted pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, 
section 704-A, based on the findings and recommendations of the stakeholder group, no 
later than February 1, 2020. This amendment also allows the Joint Standing Committee 
on Transp01tation to introduce a bill related to the traffic movement permit process 
during the Second Regular Session of the 129th Legislature. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/28/19 feac 
LD 1223 
LR 1752(02) 
An Act To Amend the Traffic Movement Permit Process To Incorporate a Multimodal Approach to 
Infrastructure Planning 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment fi, ( jl-'Js0 
Committee: Transportation 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Highway Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Transportation associated with convening a stakeholder group, reporting the 
results and submitting mles can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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