An Act to Modify
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 2137
Committee Amendment CA_A_S591 (Senate)
Amends: 10 MRSA §1500-L

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/t» to S,P. 836, L,D. 2137, "An Act to Modify
Provisions of Law Governing Parking Enforcement on Property Accessible to the Public"
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the
emergency clause and inserting the following:
'See. 1. 10 MRSA §1500-LL» sub-§l-A is enacted to read:
1-A. Exemption. A municioaUtv that has adopted an ordinance that regulates any
parking rule applicable to property owned by the municipality and accessible to the public
for the oarkine of motor vehicles and that includes fines, fees or charees for a violation of
the ordinance is exempt from the requirements of subsection 1 ,
See. 2. 10 MRSA §1500-LL, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2025, c. 350, §1 and
reallocated by RR 2025, c. 1, Pt. A, §20, is amended to read:
2, Written notice of violation required. Written notice of a violation of any parkmg
rule applicable to property accessible to the public for the parking of motor vehicles,
including the failure to pay an amount of money to park a motor vehicle, must be provided
to the registered owner of the motor vehicle by affixing the written notice of the violation
in a conspicuous place on the motor vehicle at the time of the violation. At a minimum, the
written notice must include the following information;
A. The date and time of the violation;
B, The nature of the violation, including the parking rule violated;
C. The amount of the fine, fee or charge for the violation and the payment due date for
the fine, fee or charge for the violation, which must be at least 10 business days after
the date of the written notice of the violation;
D. Payment instnictions; ws4
E. Contact information for the person or entity responsible for collecting the fme, fee
or charge for the violation;; and
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F. The motor vehicle's license plate number, state ofreeistration and registration plate
type.
See. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
allocations are made.
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
Educational and General Activities - UMS 0031
Initiative; Provides ongoing funding to the University of Maine System to hire staff and
pay annual licensing fees for gated parking and payment technology in order to implement
the requirement that a written notice of a violation of any parking rule be affixed to a vehicle
in a conspicuous place at the time of the violation.
GENERAL FUND 2025-26 2026-27
Personal Services $564,560 $586,578
AHOther $50,000 $50,000
GENERAL FUND TOTAL $614,560 $636,578
Educational and General Activities " UMS 0031
Initiative; Provides one-time funding to the University of Maine System to install parking
services gated mfrastructure and related equipment and pay a breach-of-contract fee to its
current parking vendor in order to implement the requirement that a written notice of a
violation of any parking rule be affixed to a vehicle in a conspicuous place at the time of
the violation,
GENERAL FUND 2025-26 2026-27
AHOther $645,000 $0
GENERAL FUND TOTAL $645,000 $0
UNr^ERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM, BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 2025-26 2026-27
GENERAL FUND $1,259,560 $636,578
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS $1,259,560 $636,578
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section
number to read consecutively.
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, replaces the
substantive provisions of the bill. It provides an exception to the requirements that any fine,
fee or charge to any person for the violation of any parking rule applicable to property
accessible to the public for the parking of motor vehicles must be conspicuously and
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prominently posted within the property. A municipality is exempt from the posting
requirements if the municipality adopts an ordinance on a fine, fee or charge for the
violation of any parking rule applicable to property owned by the municipality and
accessible to the public for the parking of motor vehicles,
The amendment also specifies that the written notice of a violation must be provided
to the owner of the motor vehicle by affixing the written notice of the violation on the
vehicle and must include the motor vehicle's registration plate type rather than registration
type, as in die bill.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)
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Approved: 03/20/26 t-Ki.
LD 2137 LR 2938(02)
An Act to Modify Provisions of Law Governing Parking Enforcement on Property Accessible to the
Public
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "/f'
Committee: Transportation
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
Fiscal Note
Projections Projections
FY 2025-26 FY 2026-27 FY 2027-28 FY 2028-29
Net Cost (Savings)
General Fund $1,259,560 $636,578 $659,454 $683,223
Appropriations/AlIocaHons
General Fund $1,259,560 $636,578 $659,454 $683,223
Fiscal Detail and Notes
The bill includes General Fund appropriations to the University of Maine System (UMS) of $1,259,560 in fiscal year
2025-26 and $636,578 in fiscal year 2026-27 to implement the requirements of the bill that that a written notice of a
violation of any parking rule be affixed to a vehicle in a conspicuous place at the time of the violation, In order to
implement the requirements of the bill, UMS is expected to need to hire eight parking attendants to provide 24/7
parking service as provided by the current vendor (an ongoing cost starting at $444,376 in FY26 with cost-of-Iiving
adjustments in future fiscal years), hire two administrative assistants (an ongoing cost starting at $120,184 in FY26
with cost-of-living adjustments in future fiscal years), pay licensing fees for gated parking and payment technology (an
ongoing cost of $50,000), install new infrastructure (a one-time estimated cost of $620,000), and terminate its existing
contract with a third-party parking vendor (a one-time breach-of-contract fee cost of $25,000).
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