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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 661H.P. 429House of Representatives, February 25, 2025
An Act to Amend Motor Vehicle Inspection Requirements
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 20, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Transportation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative ROEDER of Bangor. Page 1 - 132LR1089(01)
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2 as amended by PL 2011, c. 8, §2, is further
3 amended to read:
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5 subsection 11. A low-speed vehicle must be equipped in accordance with section 1925;
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7 as enacted by PL 2011, c. 8, §3, is amended
8 to read:
9 An antique motorcycle registered under section 457. ; and
10 is enacted to read:
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12 of a Class C license is authorized to operate pursuant to section 1252, subsection 1,
13 paragraph C is not required to have an inspection until 3 years from the last day of the
14 month in which it was manufactured unless:
15 A. Parts of the motor vehicle required to be inspected are damaged in a motor vehicle
16 collision or natural disaster. If the motor vehicle is damaged, the motor vehicle must
17 be inspected pursuant to section 1751 upon repair; or
18 B. The ownership of the vehicle is transferred.
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20 This bill provides that a new motor vehicle that a holder of a Class C license is
21 authorized to operate is not required to have an inspection until 3 years from the last day
22 of the month in which it was manufactured. The bill stipulates that a new motor vehicle
23 purchased by a holder of a Class C license is required to be inspected if parts of the motor
24 vehicle required to be inspected are damaged in a motor vehicle collision or natural disaster
25 or if the ownership of the motor vehicle changes.
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