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PUBLIC LAWS
First Special Session of the 122nd

CHAPTER 421
H.P. 257 - L.D. 334

An Act Allowing Certain Commercial Vehicles at Canadian Weight Limits To Travel from the Canadian Border at Calais to Baileyville

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

     Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2354-B is enacted to read:

§2354-B.     Pilot project to allow commercial vehicles at Canadian weight limits to travel from the Canadian border at Calais to Baileyville

     1. Pilot project. Notwithstanding section 2354, the Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of Public Safety and the Department of the Secretary of State, is authorized to conduct a pilot project that allows certain commercial vehicles at Canadian gross vehicle weight limits to travel from the Canadian border at Calais to Baileyville. This pilot project must include the following conditions and components.

     2. Definition. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, "B-train double" means a truck tractor-semitrailer-semitrailer combination vehicle in which the 2 trailing units are connected with a B-train assembly. The B-train assembly is a rigid frame extension attached to the rear frame of a first semitrailer that allows for a 5th wheel connection point for a 2nd semitrailer. This combination has one less articulation point than the conventional A-dolly-connected truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combination.

     3. Report. The Commissioner of Transportation shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over transportation matters for presentation to the First Regular Session of the 124th Legislature. The report must include the status of the pilot project, the impact of the pilot project on road conditions and recommendations for continuance, discontinuance or modification of the pilot project's terms.

     4. Termination of pilot project. The Commissioner of Transportation is authorized to terminate the pilot project at any time if, in the commissioner's judgment, continuation of the pilot project would cause excessive damage to a public way.

     5. Repeal. This section is repealed December 31, 2010.

     Sec. 2. Contingent effective date. This Act does not take effect until the pilot project created in section 1 of this Act has been approved by the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration.

See title page for effective date, unless otherwise indicated.

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