KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to Maine

LD285 • 2025

Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Amend Its Rules Regarding Seasonal Load Restrictions on Certain State and State Aid Highways

Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Amend Its Rules Regarding Seasonal Load Restrictions on Certain State and State Aid Highways

Active

The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor
Representative Sharon Frost
Last action
2025-04-08
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Amend Its Rules Regarding Seasonal Load Restrictions on Certain State and State Aid Highways

Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Amend Its Rules Regarding Seasonal Load Restrictions on Certain State and State Aid Highways Sponsor: Representative Sharon Frost Reference committee: Transportation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Amend Its Rules Regarding Seasonal Load Restrictions on Certain State and State Aid Highways Sponsor: Representative Sharon Frost Reference committee: Transportation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-08 Senate

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

  2. 2025-04-03 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-03-28 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-03-28 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. 2025-01-28 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Amend Its Rules Regarding Seasonal Load Restrictions on Certain State and State Aid Highways
Sponsor:
Representative Sharon Frost
Reference committee:
Transportation
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Printed on recycled paper
132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 285
H.P. 185 House of Representatives, January 28, 2025
Resolve, Directing the Department of Transportation to Amend Its
Rules Regarding Seasonal Load Restrictions on Certain State and
State Aid Highways
(EMERGENCY)
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative FROST of Belgrade.
Cosponsored by Senator BLACK of Franklin and
Representatives: BUNKER of Farmington, COOPER of Windham, DILL of Old Town,
GUERRETTE of Caribou, PLUECKER of Warren.

Page 1 - 132LR0559(01)
1Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not
2 become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
3Whereas, this legislation must take effect before the end of the 90-day period so that
4 Department of Transportation rules may be timely adopted; and
5Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within
6 the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as
7 immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now,
8 therefore, be it
9Sec. 1. Department of Transportation rule; greenhouse supplies.
10Resolved: That the Department of Transportation shall amend its rule Chapter 308: Rules
11 to Establish Seasonal Load Restrictions on Certain State and State Aid Highways in section
12 1, subsection 6, in the definition of "special commodity" to include greenhouse supplies for
13 agriculture, including, but not limited to, compost, planting mix, containers for growing
14 seedlings and greenhouse coverings and greenhouse construction materials.
15 For the purposes of this resolve, "greenhouse covering" means the material used to
16 cover a greenhouse to protect plants inside and control the internal environment of the
17 greenhouse.
18Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation
19 takes effect when approved.
20SUMMARY
21 This resolve directs the Department of Transportation to amend its rule Chapter 308:
22 Rules to Establish Seasonal Load Restrictions on Certain State and State Aid Highways to
23 include greenhouse supplies for agriculture in the definition of "special commodity."
21
22
23