Commercial plates may not be issued for or displayed on an automobile.

The gross weight of a pickup truck registered as provided by this subsection may not exceed 6,000 pounds. An owner of a pickup truck who operates the pickup truck with a gross weight in excess of 6,000 pounds or the pickup truck drawing a semitrailer with a combined gross weight in excess of 6,000 pounds must register the truck as provided in section 504.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a combination of vehicles consisting of a pickup truck as defined in section 101, subsection 55 and a semitrailer with a registered weight of 2,000 pounds or less may be registered under this section for the combined gross weight of the pickup truck and the semitrailer.

Sec. 5. 29-A MRSA §504, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 580, §2 and affected by §14 and amended by c. 790, Pt. C, §8 and affected by §19, is further amended by amending the first paragraph to read:

1. Truck or truck tractor. For a light truck, truck or truck tractor used for commercial purposes equipped with pneumatic tires, the following annual registration fee schedule applies.

SUMMARY

This bill clarifies that seasonal nonresident visitors to Maine who are domiciled in this State for less than 179 days are not required to register their vehicles in this State. The bill also removes the requirement that noncommercial trucks in excess of 6,000 pounds be registered as commercial vehicles.