| This bill increases the annual registration fee for a camp |
trailer or semitrailer exceeding 2,000 pounds from $18 to $20. |
It increases the fee for a semipermanent registration plate |
from $10 to $12 for each semitrailer and increases the fee for |
a 20-year semipermanent semitrailer registration plate from |
$10 to $12 per year for each registration. It repeals the |
requirement that a 53-foot semitrailer permit must be obtained |
from the Secretary of State in order for a single semitrailer |
whose total length exceeds 48 feet but does not exceed 53 feet |
to be operated in combination with a truck tractor on certain |
highways. It provides that the maximum gross weight of such a |
vehicle may not exceed 80,000 pounds or the maximum gross |
vehicle weight permitted by law, whichever is less, whenever |
the vehicle is traveling on the Maine Turnpike or on |
Interstate 95 from the southern terminus of the Maine Turnpike |
to the New Hampshire state line. |