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LD611 • 2025

An Act to Allow the Secretary of State to Collect Excise Taxes on Motor Vehicles Owned by Residents Who Are Unhoused

An Act to Allow the Secretary of State to Collect Excise Taxes on Motor Vehicles Owned by Residents Who Are Unhoused

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Daniel Sayre
Last action
2025-05-29
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Allow the Secretary of State to Collect Excise Taxes on Motor Vehicles Owned by Residents Who Are Unhoused

An Act to Allow the Secretary of State to Collect Excise Taxes on Motor Vehicles Owned by Residents Who Are Unhoused Sponsor: Representative Daniel Sayre Reference committee: Transportation Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Allow the Secretary of State to Collect Excise Taxes on Motor Vehicles Owned by Residents Who Are Unhoused Sponsor: Representative Daniel Sayre Reference committee: Transportation Governor action: Signed by the Governor

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.

Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR1723(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1723(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 611 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3TRANSPORTATION 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-29 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-27 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-27 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-14 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-05-01 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-05-01 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-04-17 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  8. 2025-02-20 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Allow the Secretary of State to Collect Excise Taxes on Motor Vehicles Owned by Residents Who Are Unhoused
Sponsor:
Representative Daniel Sayre
Reference committee:
Transportation
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1723(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 379 - L.D. 611
An Act to Allow the Secretary of State to Collect Excise Taxes on Motor
Vehicles Owned by Residents Who Are Unhoused
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §1484, sub-§3, ¶A, as amended by PL 2007, c. 627, §33, is
further amended to read:
A. The excise tax on a motor vehicle owned by an individual resident of this State
must be paid in the place where the owner resides. If the individual resident of this
State does not have a residing place, the excise tax may be paid directly to the Secretary
of State if:
(1) The motor vehicle was previously registered in this State to the individual
resident;
(2) The Secretary of State confirms with the municipality where the individual
resides that the municipality refused to receive the excise tax of the individual who
does not have a residing place; and
(3) The individual resident holds a license pursuant to Title 29-A, section 1251.
APPROVED
MAY 29, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
143
PUBLIC LAW