An Act To Make Changes to the Motorcycle Inspection Sticker Requirements

Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1758, sub-§3,  as enacted by PL 2009, c. 624, §2 and affected by §4, is amended to read:

Sec. 2. Motorcycle registration plates; registration sticker; direction to the Secretary of State. Before January 1, 2012, the Secretary of State shall design and issue one registration sticker for motorcycle registration plates to be used in lieu of issuing new motorcycle registration plates each calendar year as provided in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 451, subsection 3. This registration sticker must clearly indicate both the year and month of registration.

Sec. 3. Effective date. That section of this Act that amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 1758, subsection 3 takes effect January 1, 2012.

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Public Law 2009, chapter 624 provides that, effective January 1, 2012, an inspection sticker for a motorcycle must be affixed to the rear of the motorcycle either on a mounting plate or on a rear fender or similar frame or body part of the motorcycle, but not on the registration plate. This bill provides that, effective January 1, 2012, an inspection sticker for a motorcycle may be affixed to the registration plate. The bill also provides that if an official inspection sticker is affixed to the registration plate and the registration plate is reassigned to another motorcycle, the certificate of inspection and the official inspection sticker expire upon reassignment.

Currently, the Secretary of State issues 2 stickers for motor vehicle registration, the first bearing the month of issue and the 2nd bearing the year of issue, in lieu of issuing new registration plates each calendar year. This bill directs the Secretary of State to design one registration sticker for motorcycle registration plates, to be used in lieu of issuing new motorcycle registration plates each calendar year. This registration sticker must clearly indicate both the year and month of registration.