Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §1171-B, sub-§1, ¶¶A, B and D, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 521, §5, are amended to read:

A. Except as provided by this section, a person may not engage in business or serve in the capacity of or act as a manufacturer or distributor without obtaining a license for each franchise maintained in the State as provided in this section.

B. An application for a license for a manufacturer or distributor must be on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State,.__The applicant shall file a separate application for each separate franchise.__The application must contain the manufacturer or distributor's address of its principal place of business, the address where notices should be sent and the address of its registered agent in this State and must be accompanied by its annual report and a list of its franchised new motor vehicle dealers in this State.

D. The annual fee for a license is $1,500 for each manufacturer and distributor.

Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA 2916-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 617, §2, is further amended to read:

2. Accidents. When a named insured or any other person who operates a motor vehicle insured under the policy is individually or are aggregately involved in 2 or more vehicle accidents while operating a motor vehicle insured under the policy, resulting in either personal injury or property damage in excess of the amount defined as a reportable an accident under Title 29-A, section 2251, subsection 1. For the purpose of this subsection any of the following occurrences involving a motor vehicle operated by a named insured or such other person is not considered an accident when:

A. The motor vehicle was struck from the rear;

B. The motor vehicle was struck while parked;

C. Only the operator of another motor vehicle involved in the accident was convicted of a crime, offense or violation contributing to the accident; or

D. The named insured or other operator of the motor vehicle insured under the policy or the insurer of the policy, was reimbursed by or on behalf of, a person responsible for the accident or has a judgment against that person.