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LR 409
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §101, sub-§85-A is enacted to read:

 
85-A.__Traffic light violation monitoring system.__"Traffic
light violation monitoring system" means a vehicle sensor
installed to work in conjunction with a lighted traffic
control device as defined in section 2057, subsection 1 or 3
that automatically produces one or more photographs, one or
more microphotographs, a videotape or other recorded images of
each vehicle at the time the vehicle is operated in violation
of state law.

 
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2075, sub-§3, ¶D, as amended by PL 2001, c. 313,
§1, is further amended to read:

 
D. With the approval of the Department of Transportation
and the Chief of the State Police, increase or decrease
the speed limit on through ways by erecting standard signs
giving notice of the speed limit in accordance with the
latest edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices published by the Federal Highway Administration;
and

 
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §2075, sub-§3, ¶E, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 313,
§1, is amended to read:

 
E. Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, if it is
a qualifying municipality, set speed limits on qualifying
roads. As used in this paragraph, "qualifying
municipality" means a municipality that has a population
of 2,500 or more as measured by the latest decennial
United States census or that employs a professional
engineer licensed in this State. As used in this
paragraph, "qualifying road" means a town way that is
classified as local by the Department of Transportation in
accordance with the federal functional classification
system.

 
If a qualifying municipality decides to set speed limits
in accordance with this paragraph, the municipality shall
provide written notice of that determination to the
Commissioner of Transportation and shall set speed limits
for all qualifying roads in that municipality.

 
Unless otherwise approved as provided in paragraph D,
speed limits set by a municipality must be in 5-mile-per-
hour increments within the following ranges:

 
(1) From 20 to 25 miles per hour, inclusive, regarding roads
in a business or residential district or a compact area,
except that the lower limit may be set at


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