LD864 • 2025

An Act to Allow the Use of Transporter Plates for Transporting Campers or Motor Homes

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Sponsor: Representative Dean Cray
Last action: 2025-04-15
Official status: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act to Allow the Use of Transporter Plates for Transporting Campers or Motor Homes

An Act to Allow the Use of Transporter Plates for Transporting Campers or Motor Homes Sponsor: Representative Dean Cray Reference committee: Transportation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

An Act to Allow the Use of Transporter Plates for Transporting Campers or Motor Homes Sponsor: Representative Dean Cray Reference committee: Transportation Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

2025-04-15 Senate
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
2025-04-11 Committee
Reported Out; ONTP
2025-04-04 Committee
Work Session Held
2025-04-04 Committee
Voted; ONTP
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.
2025-03-04 Committee
Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Allow the Use of Transporter Plates for Transporting Campers or Motor Homes
Sponsor:
Representative Dean Cray
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. 864
H.P. 550 House of Representatives, March 4, 2025
An Act to Allow the Use of Transporter Plates for Transporting
Campers or Motor Homes
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative CRAY of Palmyra.
Cosponsored by Senator BLACK of Franklin and
Representative: COOPER of Windham.

Page 1 - 132LR1125(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §954, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2023, c. 634, §14, is further
3 amended to read:
45. Transporter. A garage owner, towing business, business that sells or services camp
5 trailers or motor homes, body shop, finance company, bank, motor vehicle auction
6 business, motor vehicle rental company, recycler or repossession company licensed by the
7 Department of Professional and Financial Regulation, Bureau of Consumer Credit
8 Protection or any public or nonprofit organization as described in section 951, subsection
9 4 may be issued transporter plates and a license to transport a vehicle, including a trailer,
10 owned by or in the custody of that owner or business.
11 A. The holder may use this plate only if the vehicle is accompanied by the owner or
12 the owner's employee.
13 B. A transporter plate may not be:
14 (1) Used in lieu of registration plates;
15 (2) Loaned to another;
16 (3) Used for personal reasons; or
17 (4) Used on a towing vehicle, except for a drive-away saddlemount vehicle
18 transporter combination.
19 C. The holder may charge a fee for the transport of a vehicle under this subsection.
20SUMMARY
21 This bill amends the provisions regarding transporter plates by:
22 1. Including as authorized users a business that sells or services camp trailers or motor
23 homes;
24 2. Clarifying that a transporter license may be used to transport a trailer; and
25 3. Allowing the holder of a transporter license to charge a fee for the transport of a
26 vehicle using the transporter plates.
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