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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 667H.P. 435House of Representatives, February 25, 2025
An Act to Modernize the State Motor Vehicle Inspection Program
and the Law Governing Inspection Fees
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 PARRY of Arundel.
Cosponsored by Representative: CRAFTS of Newcastle. Page 1 - 132LR1365(01)
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2 as enacted by PL 2001, c. 234, §2, is
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4 fee. An inspection station may charge the following fees: a fee
5 of not more than 2 1/2 times the State's minimum wage under Title 26, section 664 for an
6 inspection performed under subsection 2 or 2-A.
7 A. For inspections performed under subsection 2, the fee may not be more than $12.50;
8 B. For inspections of pre-1996 model vehicles performed under subsection
9 fee may not be more than $15.50; and
10 C. For inspections of 1996 and subsequent model vehicles performed under subsection
11, the fee may not be more than $18.50.
12 The inspection fee is payable whether the vehicle passes inspection or not.
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15 The Chief of the State Police may require the use of an electronic inspection program
16 for the purpose of inspections performed under this chapter. For the purposes of this
17 section, "electronic inspection program" means a program, designated by the Chief of the
18 State Police by rule, that uses electronically generated data as part of an inspection and
19 permits the creation and exchange of an electronic record for maintaining inspection
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22 implement an electronic inspection program.
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24 to phase in the implementation of an electronic inspection program throughout the State.
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26 station must pay to the State for each inspection performed using an electronic inspection
27 program. A fee required under this subsection may not be more than the cost to the State
28 of using the electronic inspection program to perform an inspection.
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30 Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5,
31 chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
32 The Chief of the State Police may exempt from the requirements of this section an
33 inspection station that demonstrates economic hardship as a result of using an electronic
34 inspection program.
35 as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and
36 affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:
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38 $8 not more than 2 1/2 times the State's minimum wage under Title 26, section 664 for each
39 school bus inspected. The fee does not include labor or material used in correction of faults. Page 2 - 132LR1365(01)
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2 This bill authorizes the Chief of the State Police to require the use of an electronic
3 inspection program for the purpose of performing motor vehicle inspections and to exempt
4 from this requirement an inspection station that demonstrates economic hardship as a result
5 of using an electronic inspection program. It also authorizes an inspection station to charge
6 a fee not more than 2 1/2 times the State's minimum wage for inspection regardless of the
7 model year of the inspected vehicle and provides that an operator of an official school bus
8 inspection station is entitled to a fee not more than 2 1/2 times the State's minimum wage
9 for each school bus inspected.
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