§454. Commemorative registration plates
1. Commemorative registration plate authorized. The Secretary of State may authorize a state, county or municipal government or a subdivision of a state, county or municipal government to design and sell a reflectorized, commemorative, simulated registration plate in celebration of its centennial, bicentennial or sesquicentennial.
[PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
2. Display. A commemorative plate may be displayed to replace the front registration plate on a motor vehicle, except a truck tractor, including a motor vehicle registered outside this State and operated within it, from January 1st to December 31st of the year celebrated, except that a commemorative plate celebrating the bicentennial of the State may be displayed until December 31, 2021.
[PL 2021, c. 89, §1 (AMD).]
3. Otherwise prohibited. A commemorative plate may not be sold or displayed except as provided in this section.
[PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 683, §A2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 683, §B5 (AFF). PL 2021, c. 89, §1 (AMD).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 29-A: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 5: VEHICLE REGISTRATION
Article 3: REGISTRATION PLATES
29-A §451. Issuance and form of registration plates
29-A §453. Vanity registration plates
29-A §454. Commemorative registration plates
29-A §455. Environmental registration plates
29-A §456. University of Maine System; special registration plates
29-A §456-A. Lobster registration plates
29-A §456-B. Maine Black Bears registration plates
29-A §456-C. Sportsman registration plates
29-A §456-D. We Support Our Troops registration plates
29-A §456-E. Breast cancer support services registration plate
29-A §456-F. Agriculture education registration plate
29-A §456-G. Support Animal Welfare registration plate
29-A §456-H. The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital registration plates
29-A §456-I. Maine Lighthouse Trust registration plates
29-A §457. Hobbyist registration plates
29-A §458-A. Modified show vehicle (REPEALED)
29-A §461. Reservation of same number
29-A §462. Temporary registration plates
29-A §462-A. Temporary registration permit; United States Armed Forces deployments; rules
29-A §463. Disposition of registration plates
29-A §464. Unused registration plates
29-A §465. Loss of registration plates
29-A §466. Registration Plate Equipment and Production Program
29-A §467. Moratorium on specialty plates (REPEALED)
29-A §468-A. Recognition license plates
29-A §469. Specialty License Plate Fund
29-A §470. Experimental motor vehicle plates and registration