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the word "combination" instead of "Vacationland." A passenger | | vehicle used under contract with the State, a municipality or a | | school district to transport students must be designated as | | "combination." A vehicle owned or operated by parents or legal | | guardians is exempt from this subsection. |
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| | | Commercial plates may not be issued for or displayed on an | | automobile. |
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| | The gross weight of a pickup truck registered as provided by this | subsection may not exceed 6,000 pounds. An owner of a pickup | truck who operates the pickup truck with a gross weight in excess | of 6,000 pounds or the pickup truck drawing a semitrailer with a | combined gross weight in excess of 6,000 pounds must register the | truck as provided in section 504. |
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| | | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a combination of | | vehicles consisting of a pickup truck as defined in section 101, | | subsection 55 and a semitrailer with a registered weight of 2,000 | | pounds or less may be registered under this section for the | | combined gross weight of the pickup truck and the semitrailer. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 29-A MRSA §504, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 580, §2 and | | affected by §14 and amended by c. 790, Pt. C, §8 and affected by | | §19, is further amended by amending the first paragraph to read: |
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| | | 1. Truck or truck tractor. For a light truck, truck or truck | | tractor used for commercial purposes equipped with pneumatic | | tires, the following annual registration fee schedule applies. |
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| | | This bill clarifies that seasonal nonresident visitors to | | Maine who are domiciled in this State for less than 179 days are | | not required to register their vehicles in this State. The bill | | also removes the requirement that noncommercial trucks in excess | | of 6,000 pounds be registered as commercial vehicles. |
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