CHAPTER 80

H.P. 273 - L.D. 360

An Act To Allow Retired Firefighters To Retain Their

Firefighter License Plates

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

Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §519, as amended by PL 1999, c. 470, §5, is further amended to read:

§519. Registration plates for firefighters

1. Authority to issue special registration plate. Upon application by an active firefighter whose status is certified by the fire chief, assistant fire chief or acting fire chief appointed or elected pursuant to Title 30-A, section 3153, the Secretary of State shall issue a special firefighter registration plate.

2. Registration plate design. The Secretary of State may design a numerical registration plate.

3. Use of registration plate. The registration plate may be used only on only one motor vehicle with a registered gross weight of not more than 9,000 pounds.

4. Fee for registration plate. An additional one-time fee of $5 is charged for a set of firefighter registration plates.

5. Recall of registration plate. If Except as provided in subsection 6, when a firefighter ceases to be an active firefighter, the fire chief shall notify the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State shall recall the registration plate.