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An Act To Allow an Operator of a Motor Vehicle To Show Proof of Insurance by Electronic Means
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1601, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:
 
2. Evidence of insurance or financial responsibility.   When a law enforcement officer stops an operator for a moving violation or the operator is involved in an accident that must be reported under section 2251, the officer shall request the operator to produce evidence of liability insurance or financial responsibility. Evidence of liability insurance or financial responsibility may be in electronic form, including the display of an image on a portable electronic device. For purposes of this subsection, "portable electronic device" means an electronic device that is portable in nature, including but not limited to a device for sending or receiving e-mail, a text messaging device, a cellular telephone and a computer.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides that evidence of liability insurance or financial responsibility may be in electronic form.