| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §3752, sub-§1, ķA, as repealed and replaced by PL | 2003, c. 312, §3, is amended to read: |
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| A. "Automobile graveyard" does not include: |
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| (1) An area used for temporary storage of vehicles or | vehicle parts by an establishment or place of business | that is primarily engaged in doing vehicle repair work | to make repairs to render a motor vehicle serviceable. | In order for a vehicle's storage to be considered | temporary, it must be removed from the site within 180 | calendar days of its receipt; |
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| (2) An area used by an automobile hobbyist to store, | organize, restore or display antique autos, antique | motorcycles, classic vehicles, horseless carriages, | reconstructed vehicles, street rods or parts of these | vehicles as these vehicles are defined in Title 29-A, | section 101 as long as the hobbyist's activities comply | with all applicable federal and state statutes and | rules and municipal ordinances, other than ordinances | that are more restrictive than this subsection | regarding the storage of vehicles or vehicle parts that | are collected by a hobbyist. For the purposes of this | subparagraph, an automobile hobbyist is a person who is | not primarily engaged in the business of selling any of | those vehicles or parts from those vehicles; |
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| (3) An area used for the parking or storage of | vehicles, vehicle parts or equipment intended for use | by a municipality, quasi-municipal entity or state or | federal agency; |
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| (4) An area used for the storage of operational farm | tractors and related farm equipment, log skidders, | logging tractors or other vehicles exempted from | registration under Title 29-A, chapter 5; |
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| (5) An area used for the parking or storage of | vehicles or equipment being offered for sale by a | dealer, equipment dealer, trailer dealer or vehicle | auction business as defined in Title 29-A, section 851; |
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| (6) An area used for the storage of vehicles by an | establishment or place of business that is primarily | engaged in business as a new vehicle dealer as defined | in Title 29-A, section 851; |
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