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LR 1875
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §555, sub-§2-B, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 507, §1,
is amended to read:

 
2-B. Participation in federal pilot program; temporary
exemptions from hours-of-service regulations. The Commissioner
of Public Safety shall bureau may grant temporary exemptions from
the weekly restrictions in the intrastate hours-of-service
regulations for the transportation of home heating oil during the
winter months for the purpose of enabling intrastate motor
carriers conducting such operations to do so under terms and
conditions identical to those used in the Pilot Program for
Drivers Delivering Home Heating Oil published in the Federal
Register Vol. 66, No. 135. Rules adopted pursuant to this
subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5,
chapter 375, subchapter II-A 2-A.

 
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §1909-A is enacted to read:

 
§1909-A.__Fog lights

 
1.__Fog lights.__A motor vehicle may be equipped with 2 fog
lights upon the front of the motor vehicle that emit amber or
white light as long as the rays from the lights do not shine more
than 2 feet above the road at a distance of 30 feet.__A fog light
mounted higher than the center of the main headlights may not be
illuminated while a motor vehicle is being operated on a public
way.

 
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §1925 is enacted to read:

 
§1925.__Power booster system

 
1.__Definition.__As used in this section, unless the context
otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following
meanings.

 
A.__"Power booster system" means a device installed in a
motor vehicle that allows nitrous oxide to combine with
gasoline for the purpose of increasing engine power.

 
2.__Use prohibited.__Except as provided in subsection 3, a
person may not operate a motor vehicle that is equipped with a
power booster system on a public way.

 
3.__Exceptions.__A person may operate a motor vehicle equipped
with a power booster system on a public way if the motor vehicle
is en route to or from a track where the motor vehicle is used
for racing and:


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