| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §204, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 645, Pt, B, | | §5 and affected by §24, is amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Rules. The Secretary of State may adopt rules to | implement the provisions of this section. The rules must | | include limits on agent fees, requirements for training of | registration agents, for | | control processes and requirements for the electronic collection | | and transmission of data and funds between registrants, | | registration agents and the bureau. By rule, the Secretary of | | State may also designate specific registration requirements that | | can not be met by filing electronically with an agent. Rules | | adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules | | as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A. |
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| | | The Bureau of Motor Vehicles within the Department of the | | Secretary of State may incur some minor additional costs to amend | | certain rules pertaining to the registration of vehicles. These | | costs can be absorbed within the bureau's existing budgeted | | resources. |
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| | | This bill implements the recommendations made by the Joint | | Standing Committee on Transportation as a result of the | | committee's review of the Department of the Secretary of State, | | Bureau of Motor Vehicles under the State Government Evaluation | | Act. This bill clarifies procedures for electronic processing of | | vehicle registrations. |
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