HP0446
LD 654
Session - 126th Maine Legislature
 
LR 1941
Item 1
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

An Act To Raise the Speed Limit on Interstate 295

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

Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2073, sub-§1, ¶C,  as amended by PL 2011, c. 415, §2, is further amended to read:

C. Make an adjustment of maximum rates of speed. An adjustment under this paragraph is exempt from the provisions of the Maine Administrative Procedure Act.

The commissioner may not set maximums that exceed 60 miles per hour or, on the interstate system or other divided controlled-access highways, 65 miles per hour or 75 miles per hour on the Interstate Highway System , on Interstate 295, from the Town of Scarborough to the Town of West Gardiner or, on Interstate 95, from the City of Old Town to the Town of Houlton.

The commissioner may not set maximums for the Maine Turnpike.

Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2074, sub-§3-A,  as amended by PL 2011, c. 415, §3, is further amended to read:

3-A. Minimum fine.   A person who operates a motor vehicle on the Maine Turnpike or the Interstate Highway System at a speed that exceeds the posted speed of 65 miles per hour or of 75 miles per hour on the Interstate Highway System , on Interstate 295, from the Town of Scarborough to the Town of West Gardiner or, on Interstate 95, from the City of Old Town to the Town of Houlton by less than 30 miles per hour commits a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of not less than $50.

summary

This bill authorizes the Commissioner of Transportation to raise the speed limit on the Interstate Highway System on Interstate 295 from the Town of Scarborough to the Town of West Gardiner to 75 miles per hour.


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