‘An Act Relating to Inspection Requirements for New Motor Vehicles’
| SP0141 LD 437 |
First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number S-121, Sponsored by
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LR 1402 Item 2 |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act Relating to Inspection Requirements for New Motor Vehicles’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1754, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:
This subsection does not allow the operation of unsafe motor vehicles on a public way.
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §1766, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2001, c. 234, §3, is further amended to read:
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §1766, sub-§3-A is enacted to read:
summary
This amendment replaces the bill and provides that a new motor vehicle owned by a new vehicle dealer with a dealer plate is exempt from motor vehicle inspection requirements only if the vehicle is operated for purposes directly connected with the business of buying, selling, testing, adjusting, servicing, demonstrating or exchanging the vehicle or for use by customers for not more than 7 days to demonstrate the vehicle.
The amendment defines "new motor vehicle" as a motor vehicle of the current model year or model year immediately preceding the current model year that has not been previously registered or titled.
This amendment also increases the cost of inspection stickers for new vehicle dealers by $1, from $2.50 to $3.50 per sticker.