If an inspection station has partially used sheets of inspection stickers, the inspection station may use these inspection stickers on vehicles in the first January following the expiration of the inspection sticker, as long as the place indicating the month of December is hole-punched and entered; or the station may return the partially used sheet for a refund.

6. Return of inspection materials. Upon suspension, revocation or termination of an inspection license, the station owner or manager shall return all inspection materials to the Chief of the State Police, who shall issue a receipt for the returned materials.

7.__Defect reporting forms.__The Chief of the State Police shall issue to each inspection station 50 defect reporting forms.__ Additional forms may be printed by each inspection station at the expense of the inspection station.

Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §1768, sub-§8 is enacted to read:

8.__Operation of vehicle after expiration of failure sticker.__ An owner or operator of a vehicle that has failed inspection commits a traffic infraction if that person operates that vehicle or permits that vehicle to be operated without having the vehicle inspected within one month of the issue of a failure sticker pursuant to section 1758.

SUMMARY

This bill requires that for a motor vehicle that does not pass inspection, the owner be given a defect report and the vehicle have placed on it a failure sticker. The owner has one month to repair the defect that caused the vehicle to fail inspection. It also provides for the use of, or a refund for, a partially used sheet of inspection stickers.