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LR 2989
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1251, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A,
§2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:

 
1. Violation. A Except as provided in section 510,
subsection 1, a person commits an offense of operating a motor
vehicle without a license if that person operates a motor vehicle
on a public way or parking area without being licensed or in
violation of a condition or restriction on the license. For a
resident, that license must be issued by this State.

 
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §1251, sub-§1-A, as repealed and replaced by PL
1999, c. 771, Pt. C, §9 and affected by Pt. D, §§1 and 2, is
amended to read:

 
1-A. Residents required to obtain license. Within 30 days of
becoming a resident of this State, a person shall apply to obtain
a license in accordance with section 1301. A Except as
provided in section 510, subsection 1, a person who fails to
comply with the requirement of this subsection and operates a
motor vehicle on a public way or parking area commits:

 
A. A traffic infraction if the person has been a resident
for less than 90 days; or

 
B. A Class E crime if the person has been a resident for
at least 90 days.

 
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §2358, sub-§2, ¶¶B and C, as enacted by PL 1993, c.
683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, are amended to read:

 
B. Bearing the words "State Police Truck Check - All Trucks
Stop"; and

 
C. Displaying flashing yellow lights, which must operate
when the weighing station is open.; and

 
Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §2358, sub-§2, ¶D is enacted to read:

 
D.__Directing operators of vehicles subject to the GVW
restrictions to the weighing point if the weighing point is
located on a way that intersects the way where the sign is
located.

 
Sec. 5. 29-A MRSA §2396, sub-§5 is enacted to read:

 
5.__Ice and compacted snow on vehicles.__A person commits a
traffic infraction who operates a vehicle on which ice or


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