Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §154-A is enacted to read:

§154-A.__Suspension for failure to pay required fees or taxes

When a fee or use tax required to be collected by the Secretary of State is not paid when due, the Secretary of State may notify the person liable for the fee or tax in writing that, if the amount due is not paid within 10 days after the mailing of the notice, suspension of the person's license and registration will result.__If the person fails to pay the required amount within 10 days after the mailing of the notice, the Secretary of State may suspend all licenses, permits, certificates and registrations of the person liable for the fee or tax.

Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §202, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:

The Secretary of State may appoint agents authorized solely to issue renewals of operator's licenses and who are stationed at convenient locations in the State. Agents may charge an applicant a fee not to exceed $2 over the required operator's license fee for each renewal issued. The agent retains the additional $2 fee and forwards all other fees to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall determine by rule the fee to be charged by an agent under this section.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.

Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §405, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 361, §7 and affected by §38, is further amended to read:

1. Automobile, truck, truck tractor, motor home, motorcycle, moped, motor-driven cycle, semitrailers not exceeding a gross vehicle weight of 2,000 pounds, special mobile equipment, tractor and camp trailer registration. Registration for an automobile, truck, truck tractor, motor home, motorcycle, moped, motor-driven cycle, semitrailer not exceeding a gross vehicle weight of 2,000 pounds, special mobile equipment, tractor and camp trailer is as follows.

A. A registration expires on the last day of the month one year from the month of issuance.

B. When an application is made after the registration for the previous year has expired, the term of the renewal begins on the month of the issuance of the previous registration.