121st MAINE LEGISLATURE - FIRST REGULAR SESSION
LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS SORTED BY SUBJECT - UPDATED 1/15/2003

Prepared by the Office of the Revisor Of Statutes
The information in this document is current through January 15, 2003. Changes in sponsorship or title may occur.
Agriculture, Conservation and ForestryAppropriations and Financial AffairsBanking and Insurance
Business and Economic DevelopmentCriminal JusticeEducation and Cultural Affairs
Health and Human ServicesInland Fisheries and WildlifeJudiciary
LaborLegal and Veterans AffairsMarine Resources
Natural ResourcesState and Local GovernmentTaxation
TransportationUtilities and Energy

Transportation
TRA - AERONAUTICS -
LR 1295 HALL Resolve, to Declare Maine Aviation Education Week
TRA - AERONAUTICS - AIRPORTS
LR 294 SAVIELLO An Act to Establish the Avon-Phillips Airport Authority
TRA - BICYCLES - REQUIREMENTS
LR 1064 SUSLOVIC An Act to Offer 0% Loans to Employers Providing Bicycle Facilities
TRA - BOND ISSUES - TURNPIKE
LR 1353 An Act To Simplify the Bonding Limitations of the Maine Turnpike Authority
LR 1355 An Act To Increase the Bond Limit of the Maine Turnpike Authority
LR 1356 An Act To Allow the Maine Turnpike Authority To Benefit from Advantageous Interest Rates
TRA - EMERGENCY VEHICLES - LIGHTS
LR 570 GOODWIN An Act To Allow Volunteer Firefighters To Use Red Flashing Lights when Responding to a Fire
LR 672 BULL An Act To Allow Fire and Emergency Medical Services Response Vehicles To Display One Blue Light at the Rear of the Vehicle
TRA - MOTOR CARRIERS - NUMBER PLATES
LR 1089 JOY An Act To Allow Modular Home Transporters To Obtain Trailer Transit Plates
TRA - MOTOR CARRIERS - SAFETY
LR 442 GAGNE-FRIEL An Act To Improve Safety on the Maine Turnpike
LR 901 SHERMAN An Act to Require Reports from the Maine State Police Regarding Commercial Trucks
TRA - MOTOR CARRIERS - WEIGHT
LR 847 MILLS P An Act to Set Limits on Fines that May be Assessed on Nonhabitual Offenders under Maine's Truck Weight Laws
LR 1491 MARLEY Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Conduct a Feasibility Study Required by the Federal Government to Increase the Weight Limits on the Interstate from Augusta to Houlton, making the Weight Limits Equitable to Restrictions South of Augusta
TRA - MOTOR VEHICLES -
LR 252 CLOUGH An Act Concerning the Use of Safety Rear View Mirrors
LR 883 MARLEY An Act Authorizing the Operation of Low-speed Vehicles on Certain Roads
TRA - MOTOR VEHICLES - ANTIQUE
LR 805 PEAVEY-HASKELL An Act to Amend Fuel Laws Governing Antique Vehicles
TRA - MOTOR VEHICLES - CHILD SAFETY SEATS
LR 474 MARLEY An Act to Accommodate the Unique Circumstances Affecting Regional Transportation Providers in the Administration of Car Seat Laws
LR 475 MARLEY An Act to Clarify and Update the Laws Concerning Transporting Children
LR 1395 CRESSEY An Act to Assist Low-income Families with Complying with the Booster Seat Law
TRA - MOTOR VEHICLES - INSPECTION
LR 223 MCKENNEY An Act to Create the Motor Vehicle Inspection Advisory Board
LR 224 MCKENNEY An Act Amend the Motor Vehicle Laws Pertaining to Mufflers
LR 226 MCKENNEY An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicle Laws Pertaining to Inspection Stickers for Used Vehicles Located on the Premises of a Licensed Automobile Dealer
LR 1015 MCKENNEY An Act to Allow Modified Automotive Suspension
LR 1082 SMITH N An Act to Clarify Inspection Standards Related to Vehicle Rim Size
LR 1642 SIMPSON An Act Regarding Motor Vehicle Inspections
TRA - MOTOR VEHICLES - LIGHTS
LR 368 BENNETT P An Act to Require Flashing Lights for Private Snow Plows
LR 370 BENNETT P An Act to Prohibit the Use of Imitation High-intensity Discharge Headlights
TRA - MOTOR VEHICLES - NUMBER PLATES
LR 317 NASS An Act to Establish a Rotarian License Plate
LR 594 ANNIS An Act to Create a License Plate for Experimental Automobiles
LR 632 DAIGLE An Act To Change the Legislative License Plate to a Combination Plate
LR 1537 DUNLAP An Act to Enhance Community Animal Shelters
TRA - MOTOR VEHICLES - REGISTRATION
LR 151 LEMONT An Act Regarding Motor Vehicle Registration and Inspection Dates
LR 528 HUTTON An Act To Rescind the Vehicle Registration of a Person Who Pays for That Registration with a Bad Check
LR 908 NORBERT An Act to Honor Purple Heart Award Recipients
TRA - MOTOR VEHICLES - SALES & TITLES
LR 773 RICHARDSON J An Act To Protect Lienholders of Titled Vehicles
LR 1111 MAYO An Act To Clarify Ownership Rights to Repossessed Vehicles
LR 1113 O'NEIL An Act To Ensure That Title Applications are Timely Delivered
TRA - MOTOR VEHICLES - SEAT BELTS
LR 869 MCNEIL An Act To Amend the Law Governing the Use of Seat Belts
TRA - MOTOR VEHICLES - VEHICLES FOR HIRE
LR 1220 CRAVEN An Act Regarding Taxicab Drivers
TRA - MOTORCYCLES -
LR 657 PENDLETON An Act Relating to Motorcycles and Driver Education
LR 876 SAVAGE An Act to Establish a Dedicated Fund to Benefit Motorcycle Safety
TRA - MOTORCYCLES - OPERATION
LR 658 PENDLETON An Act Relating to Motorcycle Safety
LR 1011 LEMOINE An Act Regarding Enforcement of Motorcycle Exhaust Noise Limitations
TRA - NAVIGATION - PORTS
LR 553 GOODWIN An Act To Amend the Charter of the Eastport Port Authority
LR 866 MCNEIL An Act to Increase the Debt Limit of the Rockland Port District
TRA - OPERATOR'S LICENSES - AUTOMOBILE
LR 135 FAIRCLOTH An Act To Create Novice Incentive Licenses
LR 362 COURTNEY An Act To Require Additional Driving Time and a 30-day Waiting Period for Retesting Minors Who Fail Their Driver's Exams
LR 463 CARR An Act to Allow the Secretary of State to Issue Conditional Operator's Licenses for Work Purposes Only in Operating Under the Influence Cases
LR 909 NORBERT An Act To Improve Motor Vehicle Safety
LR 1328 MILLS J An Act Regulating the Use of Cell Phones by Juvenile Drivers
TRA - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION -
LR 784 MILLS P RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Permit Funding of Public Transportation from Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Fuel Revenues
LR 785 MILLS P An Act To Direct the Department of Transportation to Incorporate Regionalism into the Transit Bonus Payment Program
LR 786 MILLS P An Act to Enhance Integration of Transportation and Land Use Planning
TRA - RAILROADS -
LR 23 GOODWIN An Act to Transfer State Ownership of Certain Railroad Rights-of-way and Create the Calais to Eastport Rail Authority
TRA - RAILROADS - PRESERVATION
LR 1087 MARTIN An Act to Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force on Rail Transportation
TRA - RAILROADS - SAFETY
LR 793 STANLEY An Act to Ban the Use of Remote Controls of Trains in Yards
TRA - ROADS -
LR 387 HATCH PH Resolve, to Designate Route 201 North as Part of the East-West Highway
LR 954 KAELIN An Act to Repeal the Recently Enacted Limited-access Highway Laws
TRA - ROADS - BRIDGES
LR 120 PINEAU An Act to Add the Steel Bridge in New Sharon to the State's List of Historic Bridges
LR 174 DUNLAP Resolve, to Rename the Mud Pond Inlet Bridge
LR 120 PINEAU An Act to Add the Steel Bridge in New Sharon to the State's List of Historic Bridges
LR 174 DUNLAP Resolve, to Rename the Mud Pond Inlet Bridge
LR 247 BERRY Resolve, Requiring that the Waldo-Hancock Bridge be Replaced
LR 612 SHIELDS Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Erect Signs Identifying Bodies of Water Crossed
TRA - ROADS - CONSTRUCTION
LR 958 KAELIN An Act to Increase Safety in Stockton Springs
LR 1238 SNOWE-MELLO Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Minimize the Impact of the Widening of Route 26 in Poland on Abutting Homeowners
LR 1396 CRESSEY Resolve, to Create a Study Committee to Review Adding an Interchange for the Lakes Region Area
LR 1470 WOODBURY An Act to Promote Construction of Off-road Bike and Walking Paths along the Highest Traffic Commuting Corridors of the State
TRA - ROADS - DIRECTIONAL SIGNS
LR 183 YOUNGBLOOD An Act to Require Signs on Interstate 95 for Chamberlain Freedom Park
LR 306 TREADWELL Resolve, Authorizing the Department of Transportation To Erect Signs Identifying the Vietnam Memorial in Bangor
LR 806 HATCH PH An Act to Add a Sign on Interstate 95 Indicating the Town of Bingham
LR 1375 PENDLETON An Act to Improve Highway Signs for Recreational Facilities in Saco
TRA - ROADS - HIGHWAY SAFETY
LR 363 LEMONT Resolve, Directing That a Traffic Light Be Installed at an Intersection in York
TRA - ROADS - LIGHTING
LR 959 KAELIN An Act to Enhance Public Safety in Winterport
LR 1403 CRESSEY An Act to Provide a Traffic Light in Naples
TRA - ROADS - MAINTENANCE
LR 588 MCKENNEY An Act to Amend the Laws Governing Sand and Salt Sheds
LR 644 LERMAN An Act to Eliminate Discrimination Against Service Center Communities by Eliminating Urban Compact Contributions Toward Certain Road Project Costs
LR 1021 GAGNON An Act to Enhance Vistas
LR 1022 GAGNON An Act to Create an Adopt-a-highway Program
LR 1137 KAELIN Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Repair Swan Lake Road in the Town of Frankfort
TRA - ROADS - NAMING
LR 77 MARLEY Resolve, to Designate the Interstate 95 From Augusta to Houlton as the Purple Heart Highway
LR 77 MARLEY Resolve, to Designate the Interstate 95 From Augusta to Houlton as the Purple Heart Highway
LR 741 BUNKER Resolve, To Name the Washington County Portion of US Rt. 9 the Tony Tammaro Memorial Highway
TRA - ROADS - OUTDOOR ADVERTISING
LR 39 DAVIS P An Act to Allow a Business to Obtain a Municipal Permit for One Off-premises Business Advertising Sign
LR 920 GOODWIN An Act to Repeal the Billboard Law
LR 1437 GILMAN An Act to Remove Restrictions on Changeable Signs
LR 1618 DUPREY B Resolve, to Have a Sign Erected for the Town of Newburgh in Recognition of Ricky Craven
TRA - STATE POLICE - ADMINISTRATION
LR 227 MCKENNEY An Act to Amend the Distribution of the General Highway Fund
TRA - STATE POLICE - POWERS
LR 141 MCKENNEY An Act to Increase the Payment for State Police Services on the Maine Turnpike
TRA - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS -
LR 95 MURPHY T An Act to Prevent Distracted Driving
LR 208 EDER An Act to Prohibit the Use of a Handheld Cellular Telephone While Driving
LR 408 SUSLOVIC An Act to Increase Traffic Fines and Apportion a Part of the Increase to the Issuing Jurisdiction
LR 409 SUSLOVIC An Act to Allow the Use of Cameras for Enforcement of Traffic Light Violations
LR 911 TREADWELL An Act to Prohibit Skateboarding on State Highways
TRA - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS - CROSSWALKS
LR 1399 CRESSEY An Act To Permit Municipalities To Erect Pedestrian Crossing Stop Signs in the Middle of the Road
LR 1646 USHER An Act to Enhance the Visibility of Pedestrian Crosswalks
TRA - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS - PARKING
LR 545 MCKEE An Act to Clarify Handicapped Parking Status for Disabled Veterans
LR 649 FISCHER An Act to Allow Recovering Mothers to Be Issued Temporary Handicapped Parking Permits
LR 1451 MARLEY An Act To Increase the Availability of Handicapped Parking Spaces for People with Disabilities
TRA - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS - PASSING
LR 455 BULL An Act to Require Motorists to Use Caution When Approaching a Safety Zone
TRA - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS - PEDESTRIANS
LR 295 O'NEIL An Act to Protect Motor Vehicles From Dangerous Pedestrians
TRA - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS - SCHOOL BUSES
LR 1183 ROTUNDO An Act to Increase Penalties for Passing a Stopped School Bus
TRA - TRAFFIC REGULATIONS - SPEED
LR 211 MARLEY An Act to Enhance School Zone Safety
LR 211 MARLEY An Act to Enhance School Zone Safety
LR 330 GAGNE-FRIEL An Act to Improve the Enforcement of the State's Traffic Laws
TRA - TRANSPORTATION DEPT - PLANNING
LR 589 MCKENNEY Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation To Examine Which Aspects of Its Operations Could Be Privatized
LR 598 CROSTHWAITE Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Perform a Regional Corridor Traffic Study
LR 599 CROSTHWAITE An Act to Clarify State Financial Responsibility for State and State Aid Highways
LR 600 FAIRCLOTH An Act To Establish a Modern Transportation Policy
LR 1055 COWGER Resolve, To Direct the Department of Transportation To Develop Rules To Control Wheel Spray From Large Commercial Vehicles
TRA - TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTS - PLANNING
LR 1413 MCLAUGHLIN An Act to Require a Designated Bicyclist on Regional Transportation Committees and Metropolitan Planning Organizations
TRA - TRANSPORTATION DISTRICTS - STATE FUNDING
LR 268 FAIRCLOTH RESOLUTION, Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of Maine to Allow Transportation Revenues to Fund a Flexible and Modern Transportation Policy
TRA - TURNPIKE AUTHORITY -
LR 1777 An Act To Make Allocations From Maine Turnpike Authority Funds for the Maine Turnpike Authority for the Calendar Year Ending December 31, 2004
TRA - TURNPIKE AUTHORITY - BUDGET
LR 1357 An Act Pertaining to Trustee Services for the Maine Turnpike Authority
TRA - TURNPIKE AUTHORITY - POWERS
LR 1354 An Act To Clarify That the Maine Turnpike Authority May Offer Nontoll Services to its Electronic Toll Collection Patrons

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