Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and inserting the following:
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Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §558, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2009, c. 598, §20, is further amended to read:
SUMMARY
This amendment strikes the bill and removes the emergency preamble and the emergency clause. The amendment provides that the maximum fine for a violation of a state rule that adopts by reference the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations and that does not meet the definition of an out-of-service order is $250. The amendment also provides that the maximum fine for a violation of a state rule that adopts by reference the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations and that meets the definition of an out-of-service order is $500. The amendment provides that an out-of-service order means a declaration by a law enforcement officer authorized to enforce Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration regulations that a driver, a commercial motor vehicle or a motor carrier operation is out of service pursuant to federal law.