An Act to Exempt Ce~ain Motor Vehicle Dealers from Display Area Stze Requrrements
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 0203
Committee Amendment CA_A_S92 (Senate)

CO1\1MITTEE AMEND:MENT "A " to SP 103, L D 203, "An Act to Exempt 
Ce~ain Motor Vehicle Dealers from Display Area Stze Requrrements" 
Amend the bill by stnking out the title and substituting the following 
'Resolve, to Create a Working Group to Study Motor Vehicle Dealer Display Area 
and L1censmg Requirements' 
Amend the bill by stnkmg out everything after the title and insertmg the followmg 
'Sec. 1. Dealer display area and hcensmg workmg group. Resolved: That 
the Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall convene a 
working group, referred to in this section as "the working group," to study issues related to 
laws and rules regulating motor vehicle dealer display areas and hcensmg requrrements 
1. Membership. The workmg group consists of 6 members, as follows 
A The Secretary of State or the secretary's des1gnee, 
B The Deputy Secretary of State for the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, 
C One member appomted by the Secretary of State from the Bureau of Motor 
Vehicles who is an expert m motor vehicle dealer license requrrements, 
D One member who is a representative of an association of new motor vehicle 
dealers, 
E One member who 1s a representative of a busmess m the used motor vehicle 
industry, and 
F One member who 1s a representative of a business that engages in the sale of motor 
vehicles over the Internet 
2. Compensation. Members of the workmg group may not be compensated for therr 
work on the workmg group 
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3. Duties. Duties of the workmg group mclude 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMEND1\1ENT" fl-" to S P 103, L D 203 l $-°f z) 
A Rev1ewmg the effectiveness of the current display area and dealer hcensmg 
requrrements established m law and rule for motor vehicle dealers m prov1dmg 
customers with an opportumty to examme a motor vehicle pnor to purchasmg 1t, 
B Reviewmg recommendations from the Amencan Association of Motor Vehicle 
Admm1strators regardmg the regulation of motor vehicle sales made over the 
Internet, 
C Exammmg relevant standards or systems developed by mdustry experts to regulate 
the sale of motor vehicles over the Internet, mcludmg, but not hm1ted to, which 
standards or systems would be most effective for the State to regulate the sale of 
motor vehicles over the Internet and the tmpact that adoptmg such standards or 
systems could have on motor vehicle dealers hcensed m the State, and 
D Developmg recommendations to tmprove the State's laws regardmg the 
requrrements for motor vehicle dealer display areas m order to create a system that 1s 
more eqmtable for all of the different types of motor vehicle dealer busmesses across 
the State 
Staff assIStance The Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor 
Vehtcles shall provide necessary staffmg services to the workmg group, withm extstmg 
resources 
Report. The Department of the Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall 
provide a report by January 15, 2024 contammg the findmgs and recommendations of the 
workmg group to the Jomt Standmg Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic 
Advancement and Busmess The Jomt standmg committee may mtroduce legislation for 
presentation to the Second Regular Session of the 131 st Legislature based on the 
recommendations m the report ' 
Amend the bill by relettermg or renumbenng any nonconsecutive Part letter or sect10n 
number to read consecutively 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the btll with a resolve that drrects the Department of the 
Secretary of State, Bureau of Motor Vehicles to convene a workmg group to study motor 
vehicle dealer display area regulations and hcensmg reqmrements, estabhshes the 
membership and duties of the workmg group and requrres the bureau to submit a report to 
the Jomt Standmg Committee on Innovation, Development, Economic Advancement and 
Busmess by January 15, 2024 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT