CHAPTER 591

S.P. 637 - L.D. 1705

An Act To Simplify the Maine Turnpike Authority's

Enforcement Procedures for Toll Violations

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

Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1965, sub-§1, ¶V, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 311, §3, is amended 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 2-A, 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.

Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §1980, sub-§2-A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 154, §§1 to 4, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

2-A.__Toll violations.__In addition to potential criminal liability under subsection 1-A, the registered owner of a vehicle may be liable for civil penalties for failure to pay a toll as set out in this subsection.

A. If an operator of a vehicle fails to pay a toll, the registered owner of that vehicle is liable for payment of the toll and is subject to a civil penalty of:

(1)__Fifty dollars, except as provided in subparagraph (2) or (3);