‘An Act To Require All Moped Riders under 18 Years of Age and Newly Licensed Moped Operators To Wear a Helmet’
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Session - 128th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number H-36, Sponsored by
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LR 182 Item 2 |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Require All Moped Riders under 18 Years of Age and Newly Licensed Moped Operators To Wear a Helmet’
Amend the bill by adding after section 2 the following:
‘Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §2083, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2005, c. 577, §33, is further amended to read:
Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §2083, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 2009, c. 652, Pt. C, §5, is amended to read:
SUMMARY
In addition to the bill's requirements that an operator of a motorcycle or moped and a passenger under 18 years of age must wear protective headgear, this amendment provides that an operator of a moped operating under a learner's permit or within one year of successfully completing a driving test must wear protective headgear. The amendment also provides that the operator of a moped may not allow a passenger under 18 years of age to ride without protective headgear.