Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2395, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1999, c. 600, §1, is further amended to read:

4. Designation by counties and municipalities. County commissioners and municipal officers may designate public ways other than those in subsection 3 and impose restrictions within their respective jurisdictions similar to those made by the Department of Transportation under subsection 3. Any vehicle delivering home heating fuel and operating in accordance with a permit issued by the Department of Transportation pursuant to this section traveling with a load necessary to provide goods or services to a site located on or served by that public way may travel over any county or town way without with a specific municipal or county permit. A municipality may impose additional restrictions for home heating fuel delivery trucks a vehicle traveling with a load necessary to operate provide goods or services to a site located on a public ways way within that municipality but may not require a permit for home heating fuel delivery trucks to operate according to those restrictions.

Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2395, sub-§9 is enacted to read:

9.__Permits.__Municipal officers may require permits for vehicles to operate on posted roads, either seasonally or for single use, as long as the permits are available during normal municipal office hours.__Permits may also be made available by electronic means through a law enforcement agency for a fee.__A municipality may charge and retain a fee for the permit, subject to fee guidelines established by the Department of Transportation, based upon the weight or value of the load the vehicle is transporting.

SUMMARY

The bill allows municipalities to issue permits for vehicles to operate on any roads that may be posted. A municipality may charge a fee for the permit subject to guidelines set by the Department of Transportation.