Code of Maine Rules › 29 - DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE › 250 - BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES › Bureau of Motor Vehicles › Chapter 169 - THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PERFORMANCE AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT (PRISM) PROGRAM › Section 250-169-A - DEFINITIONS

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1. Bureau - "Bureau" means the Maine Bureau
				  of Motor Vehicles.
2. Bus - Bus
				  means any vehicle designed and used primarily for the transportation of fifteen
				  or more passengers, including the driver.
3. Carrier - See motor carrier.
4. Carrier Safety Fitness Rating - The safety
				  rating is based on the degree of compliance with the safety fitness standard
				  for motor carriers as determined by the Federal Motor Carrier
				  SafetyAdministration. To meet the safety fitness standard, the motor carrier
				  shall demonstrate that is has adequate safety management controls in place,
				  which function effectively to ensure acceptable compliance.
5. Compliance Order - A written directive to
				  a motor carrier requiring the performance of certain acts which, based upon the
				  findings in the proceedings, are considered necessary to bring the motor
				  carrier into compliance with regulations found to have been violated.
6. Compliance Review (CR) - The official
				  on-site examination of a carrier's operations, such as drivers' hours of
				  service, maintenance and inspections, driver qualifications, commercial drivers
				  license requirements, financial responsibility, accidents, hazardous materials,
				  and other safety and transportation records to determine whether a motor
				  carrier meets the safety fitness standard.
7. Default Motor Carrier - In the event that
				  a safety event cannot be attributed to a motor carrier, the vehicle registrant
				  will be designated the default motor carrier. The default motor carrier will be
				  assigned the safety event. The default motor carrier may be relieved of
				  responsibility for the safety event by providing evidence of the true motor
				  carrier.
8. Federal Motor Carrier
				  Safety Administration (FMCSA) - The Federal Agency responsible for developing,
				  compiling, and enforcing interstate motor carrier safety regulations. FMCSA
				  establishes each motor carrier's safety rating, and advises each PRISM state of
				  those carriers with unsatisfactory safety ratings.
9. Imminent Hazard - Any condition of
				  vehicle, employee, or commercial vehicle operation likely to result in serious
				  injury or death if not immediately discontinued.
10. International Registration Plan (IRP) -
				  The uniform reciprocal agreement for the registration of commercial motor
				  vehicles used in interstate commerce. The IRP provides for the proportional
				  collection and distribution of jurisdictional registration fees based on the
				  percentage of miles traveled in each jurisdiction. See chapter 162, Rules of
				  the Secretary of State.
11.
				  Interstate Commerce - means trade, traffic, or transportation in the United
				  States
1 Between a place in a state and a
				  place outside a state (including outside the United States);
2 Between two places in a state through
				  another state or a place outside the United States; or
3 Between two places in a state as part of
				  trade, traffic, or transportation originating or terminating outside the state
				  or the United States.