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LR 410
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B.__A motor vehicle that has a gross vehicle weight rating
greater than 10,000 pounds; and

 
C.__A trailer or semitrailer that has a gross vehicle weight
rating greater than 6,000 pounds or has more than one axle.

 
Sec. 13. 29-A MRSA §1753, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:

 
2. Scope of inspection. The Chief of the State Police shall
adopt rules for the inspection required by subsection 1 1-A that
meet the requirements of 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Section
396.17.

 
Sec. 14. 29-A MRSA §1753, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:

 
4. Vehicles exempt from annual inspection. The following
vehicles are exempt from the requirements of this section:

 
A. When used exclusively in intrastate commerce, a trailer
or semitrailer with a gross vehicle weight, including any
load, that does not exceed 3,000 pounds;

 
B. When used exclusively in intrastate commerce, a A
semitrailer designed and used exclusively for dispensing
cable from reels attached to the semitrailer, commonly
called a reel trailer, and any semitrailer designed and used
exclusively to support the ends of poles being transported,
commonly called a pole dolly, when the gross weight of the
semitrailer and load does not exceed 12,000 pounds;

 
C. Any mobile home, empty storage trailer or empty storage
semitrailer displaying a trailer transit plate in accordance
with section 954, subsections 4 and 5;

 
D. A farm truck or a fish truck exempted under section
1752; and

 
E. A trailer or semitrailer displaying a valid certificate
of inspection from another state or a federally approved
commercial vehicle inspection program until the normal
expiration of its certificate of inspection.; and

 
F.__A trailer or semitrailer that is a camp trailer.

 
Sec. 15. 29-A MRSA §1905, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:


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