Sec. 16. 29-A MRSA §1917, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2003, c. 146, §1, is further amended to read:

2. Safe tires required. A motor vehicle may not be operated on a public way unless it is equipped with tires in safe operating condition. A tire mounted on a motor vehicle is not considered to be in safe operating condition unless it meets the visual and tread depth requirements set forth in subsections 3 and 4 and the wheel size requirements in subsection 6. A vehicle may be equipped only with tires that meet or exceed the load and speed rating of the original equipment tires.

Sec. 17. 29-A MRSA §2358, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is repealed.

Sec. 18. 29-A MRSA §2381, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:

B. Overwidth mowing machines, light farm tractors or other lightweight farming vehicles and equipment not customarily operated over public ways, if equipped with lights pursuant to section 1906, subsection 1, or reflectors at least 12 inches by 12 inches, to the front and rear adequately warning, during nighttime, other highway users of the extreme width; or

SUMMARY

This bill amends the motor vehicle law as follows.

1. It amends the definition of altered vehicle by deleting the language limiting altered vehicles to those motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less.

2. It amends the definition of an antique vehicle so that an antique vehicle cannot be an altered vehicle.

3. It expands the partial inspection requirements for a farm truck to include safety glass.

4. It expands the partial inspection requirements for a fish truck to include safety glass and tires.