| | | 5.__Exception; racing meets.__Notwithstanding subsection 2, an | | owner or operator of a motor vehicle used occasionally in racing | | meets may obtain a permit from the Secretary of State for | | installing a cutout, bypass or similar device on the exhaust | | system of that motor vehicle pursuant to this subsection. |
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| | | A.__The cutout, bypass or similar modification must be kept | | closed and inoperative while the vehicle is on a public way. |
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| | | B.__The permit must be in the vehicle at all times while on | | a public way. |
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| | | C.__The Secretary of State shall determine the eligibility | | of all applicants for a permit. |
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| | | D.__The permit fee is $1 for the registration year. |
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| | | Sec. Q-24. 29-A MRSA §1919, 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 B, §5, is repealed and the following | | enacted in its place: |
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| | | 1.__Prohibited May 1st to October 1st.__Except as provided in | | subsections 2 and 3, from the first day of May to the first day | | of October, a person may not operate a vehicle with tires having | | metal studs, wires, spikes or other metal protruding from the | | tire tread. |
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| | | 2.__Extension of use period and issuance of permit.__Extended | | use of studded tires may be permitted according to this | | subsection. |
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| | | A.__A person may use studded tires for periods other than | | those specified in subsection 1, if the Commissioner of | | Transportation extends the use period or, in a special case, | | issues a permit covering stated periods of time for the use | | of studded tires.__The fee for a permit may not be less than | | $3 and not more than $15, as determined by the commissioner. |
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| | | B.__A person issued a permit under paragraph A must carry | | the permit in an easily accessible place in or about the | | vehicle. |
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| | | 3.__Application.__Subsection 1 does not apply to fire | | department vehicles or school buses during the months school is | | in regular session. |
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