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(5)__A permit expires one year from the date of
issuance and may be renewed annually.

 
(6)__A permit must contain the name and address of the
licensed dealer, an effective date, an expiration date
and any other information required by the Secretary of
State.

 
Sec. B-6. 29-A MRSA §1253, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2003, c. 434, §15
and affected by §37, is further amended to read:

 
2. Compliance with federal law. The State must comply with
the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, Public Law 99-
570, Title XII, and regulations adopted under that Act in issuing
or suspending a commercial license. In the case of any conflict
between the federal statute or regulation and a statute or rule
of this State, the federal statute or regulation must apply and
take precedence. To ensure compliance, the Secretary of State
shall adopt rules, administrative procedures, practices and
policies, organizational structures, internal control mechanisms
and resource assignments.

 
These rules compliance measures must include, but are not limited
to, provisions that:

 
A. Provide for full state participation in the national
commercial driver's license clearinghouse;

 
B. Require commercial drivers to have a single license;

 
C. Reduce and prevent commercial motor vehicle accidents,
fatalities and injuries by disqualifying commercial drivers
who have committed serious traffic or other designated
offenses from operating commercial motor vehicles;

 
D. Protect public safety by removing from public ways a
commercial driver who has:

 
(1) Operated or attempted to operate a commercial
vehicle while having 0.04% or more by weight of alcohol
in that driver's blood;

 
(2) Refused to submit to or complete a lawfully
requested test to determine blood-alcohol level; or

 
(3) Operated or attempted to operate a motor vehicle
while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or
drugs; and

 
E. Provide maximum safety on public ways.


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