10. Loss of dealer plate. Upon the loss of a dealer plate, the dealer immediately shall notify the Secretary of State. If a dealer has written authorization from the Secretary of State, a dealer may use a temporary number plate bearing the registration number issued to that dealer.

Sec. Q-15. 29-A MRSA §1002, sub-§11 is enacted to read:

11.__Temporary dealer plate.__If a dealer has written authorization from the Secretary of State, a dealer may use a temporary number plate bearing the registration number issued to that dealer.

Sec. Q-16. 29-A MRSA §1004, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§1004.__Transit placard

1.__Issuance of transit placard.__The Secretary of State may issue a transit placard upon application by any person involved in the business of importing new motor vehicles.__The transit placard is to be used to facilitate the movement over the highway of the motor vehicles from the port of entry to a storage yard within a 10-mile radius of the port.

2.__Required use of transit placard.__A transit placard must be displayed in or on any unregistered motor vehicle that is being operated or towed from the port to a storage yard.

3.__Prohibited use of transit placard.__A transit placard may not be used:

A.__On a towing vehicle; or

B.__For any purpose other than that permitted under this section.

4.__Expiration.__Transit placards expire at the end of the month one year from the month of issue.

5.__Fee.__The fee for a transit license is $100 annually and the fee for each placard is $10.__Government and quasi-government agencies may not be assessed a fee.

Sec. Q-17. 29-A MRSA §1251, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 687, §13, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: