CHAPTER 311

S.P. 470 - L.D. 1420

An Act To Allow the Maine Turnpike Authority To Allow the

Purchase of Nontoll Services by Electronic Toll Collection

Patrons

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

Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1965, sub-§1, ¶T, as amended by PL 1993, c. 612, §4, is further amended to read:

T. Take all other lawful action necessary and incidental to these powers; and

Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §1965, sub-§1, ¶U, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 612, §5, is amended to read:

U. Adopt rules, in accordance with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, to establish a logo signing program on the turnpike. The authority may charge fees for signs that contain names, symbols, logos or other indentifiers of specific commercial enterprises. This paragraph may not be interpreted as limiting the authority's general power to collect fees under paragraph H.; and

Sec. 3. 23 MRSA §1965, sub-§1, ¶V is enacted to read:

V.__Develop programs whereby a patron of the turnpike who uses the authority's electronic toll collection system, as defined in section 1980, subsection 1, paragraph B,__may elect to use the patron's electronic toll collection system device to pay for services other than tolls for the use of the turnpike, whether those services are provided by the authority itself or 3rd parties, and allow the patron to participate in similar programs developed by other tolling authorities.