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130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
                   FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document                                                                          No. 354
H.P. 252                                                    House of Representatives, February 8, 2021
           An Act To Require Motor Vehicle Inspections Every 2 Years
   Received by the Clerk of the House on February 4, 2021. 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 CONNOR of Lewiston.
Cosponsored by Representatives: ARATA of New Gloucester, COLLAMORE of Pittsfield,
GRIFFIN of Levant, LIBBY of Auburn, MORRIS of Turner, O'CONNOR of Berwick,
ROCHE of Wells, RUDNICKI of Fairfield.
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 1   Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
 2       Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1751, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and
 3   affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:
 4       1. Inspection required. Except as provided in this chapter or section 2307, subsection
 5   1, a motor vehicle required to be registered in this State must have an annual a biennial
 6   inspection. A person may have a motor vehicle inspected more frequently.
 7       Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §1751, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 786, §1, is
 8   amended to read:
 9       2-A. Enhanced inspection. Beginning January 1, 1999, a A motor vehicle that is
10   required to be registered in Cumberland County and that is subject to inspection pursuant
11   to subsection 1 must have an annual a biennial enhanced inspection. The following
12   equipment is subject to inspection:
13       A. Equipment subject to inspection pursuant to subsection 2;
14       B. The fuel tank cap on 1974 and subsequent models of gasoline-powered vehicles;
15       and
16       C. The on-board diagnostic system on 1996 and subsequent models.
17   A motor vehicle that is not required to be registered in Cumberland County may have an
18   enhanced inspection under this subsection.
19                                         SUMMARY
20       This bill changes noncommercial automobile inspection requirements from an annual
21   inspection to a biennial inspection.
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Statutes affected: 
Bill Text LD 354, HP 252: 29-A.1751