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

 
Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §2912, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1973, c. 339, §1, is
amended to read:

 
1. Policy. "Policy" means an automobile insurance policy
providing bodily injury liability, property damage liability,
medical payments, uninsured motorist coverage, physical damage
coverage, or any combination thereof, delivery delivered or
issued for delivery in this State, insuring a single individual
or one or more related individuals resident in the same
household, as named insured and insuring vehicles of the
following types only:

 
A. Motor vehicles of the private passenger or station wagon
type which that are not used as public conveyances nor
rented to others;:

 
(1)__Used as public conveyances;

 
(2)__Rented to others; or

 
(3)__Used primarily in the operation of the named
insured's business or profession without regard to the
trade, industry, commercial venture or business form of
the insured's business or profession.__For purposes of
this subsection, "used primarily in the operation of
the named insured's business or profession" means
mileage in excess of 50% of mileage accumulated by the
motor vehicle in the 12 months prior to the issuance of
the policy, or, if initiating coverage with respect to
a motor vehicle not otherwise declared in the policy,
mileage projected to exceed 50% of the annual
cumulative mileage in the 12 months following issuance
of the policy.__A motor vehicle of a type otherwise
subject to this subsection that has previously been
used primarily in the operation of the named insured's
business or profession must be defined as a private
passenger motor vehicle if the named insured declares
and documents that the motor vehicle is not currently
being used primarily in the operation of the named
insured's business or profession; and

 
B. Any other 4-wheel motor vehicles with a load capacity of
1,500 pounds or less which are not used in the business or
professions of the insured.


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