Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1980, sub-§2-A, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 698, §2, is amended to read:

A. If an operator of a vehicle fails to pay a toll, the registered owner of that vehicle is liable for payment of the toll and an administrative fee. If the registered owner fails to pay the toll, the registered owner is subject to a civil penalty as follows:

(1) Fifty dollars, except as provided in subparagraph (2) or (3);

(2) One hundred dollars, if a failure to pay occurs within 18 months of a prior failure to pay; or

(3) One hundred fifty dollars, if a failure to pay occurs within 18 months of 2 or more prior failures to pay.

Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §1980, sub-§2-A, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 65, Pt. A, §64 and affected by §153 and Pt. C, §15, is further amended to read:

B. As used in this subsection, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

(1) "Electronic toll collection system" means a system of collecting tolls or charges that is capable of charging an account holder for the appropriate toll by transmission of information between a device on a motor vehicle and a toll collection facility.

(2) "Pay" means paying a toll by cash, by permitting a charge against a valid account with the authority or by another means of payment approved by the authority at the time.

(3) "Photo-monitoring system" means a motor vehicle sensor installed to work in conjunction with a toll collection facility that automatically produces a photograph, microphotograph, videotape or other recorded image of a motor vehicle when the operator of the motor vehicle fails to pay a toll.

(4) "Registered owner" means a person in whose name a motor vehicle is registered under the law of a jurisdiction, including a person issued a dealer or transporter registration plate, except as provided in