CHAPTER 649

H.P. 1367 - L.D. 1950

An Act To Authorize State Participation in the Unified

Carrier Registration System

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

Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §551, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:

§551. Multistate agreement and federal programs

1. Authorization. The Secretary of State, acting with the concurrence of the Commissioner of Transportation and the Commissioner of Public Safety, may enter into a multistate agreement or federal program for the administration of this subchapter. The Secretary of State may participate in the Unified Carrier Registration System created under the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 authorized in PL 109-59.

2. Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to:

A. Promote and encourage the fullest and most efficient use of the highway system by providing for a single point of contact for the administration of states' operating authority requirements multistate and federal programs;

B. Provide for a uniform set of rules among participating states;