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LD164 • 2025

An Act to Exempt Authorized Emergency Vehicles from Tolls When Operating in an Official Capacity

An Act to Exempt Authorized Emergency Vehicles from Tolls When Operating in an Official Capacity

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Sponsor
Representative Mathew McIntyre
Last action
2025-04-17
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act to Exempt Authorized Emergency Vehicles from Tolls When Operating in an Official Capacity

An Act to Exempt Authorized Emergency Vehicles from Tolls When Operating in an Official Capacity Sponsor: Representative Mathew McIntyre Reference committee: Transportation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Exempt Authorized Emergency Vehicles from Tolls When Operating in an Official Capacity Sponsor: Representative Mathew McIntyre Reference committee: Transportation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-17 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-04-16 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-04-10 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-04-10 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-03-21 House

    Carried over, in the same posture, to the next special or regular session of the 132nd Legislature, pursuant to Joint Order SP 519.

  6. 2025-01-14 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Exempt Authorized Emergency Vehicles from Tolls When Operating in an Official Capacity
Sponsor:
Representative Mathew McIntyre
Reference committee:
Transportation
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 164
H.P. 97 House of Representatives, January 14, 2025
An Act to Exempt Authorized Emergency Vehicles from Tolls When
Operating in an Official Capacity
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative MCINTYRE of Lowell.
Cosponsored by Senator BICKFORD of Androscoggin.

Page 1 - 132LR0484(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §1984 is enacted to read:
3§1984. Authorized emergency vehicles; exemption from tolls
41. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the
5 following terms have the following meanings.
6 A. "Authorized emergency vehicle" has the same meaning as in Title 29-A, section
7 2054, subsection 1, paragraph B.
8 B. "Responding to an emergency" means responding to, working at the scene of or
9 returning from a fire, emergency medical services or law enforcement call; a hazardous
10 or toxic materials spill and cleanup; or any other situation to which a fire department,
11 emergency medical services provider or law enforcement officer has been dispatched.
122. Authorized emergency vehicles; responding to an emergency. The authority may
13 not charge or collect tolls on an authorized emergency vehicle that is responding to an
14 emergency.
153. Authorized emergency vehicles; nonemergency situation. The authority may not
16 charge or collect tolls on an authorized emergency vehicle that is using the turnpike for:
17 A. Performing a nonemergency medical transport; or
18 B. Traveling to a repair facility that specializes in maintenance and repair for
19 authorized emergency vehicles.
20SUMMARY
21 This bill prohibits the Maine Turnpike Authority from charging or collecting tolls on
22 an authorized emergency vehicle that is using the turnpike to respond to an emergency, for
23 nonemergency medical transport or to travel to a repair facility that specializes in
24 maintenance and repair for authorized emergency vehicles. The bill defines "authorized
25 emergency vehicle" and "responding to an emergency."
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