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Amend the bill in section 1 in paragraph C in subparagraph (1) in the 6th to 8th lines (page 1, lines 11 to 13 in L.D.) by striking out all of the underlined sentence and inserting the following: 'If no address is on record with the authority or the Secretary of State, the notice may be sent to an address for the registered owner obtained by the authority through other reasonable means, including but not limited to through databases compiled by law enforcement or other government agencies.'
Amend the bill in section 2 in paragraph G in the last blocked paragraph by striking out all of the last underlined sentence (page 2, lines 20 to 22 in L.D.)
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 3.
Amend the bill in section 4 by striking out all of subsection 6 (page 2, lines 33 to 42 and page 3, lines 1 to 3 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
‘6. Recovery of turnpike tolls.   Upon receipt of notice from the Maine Turnpike Authority in accordance with Title 23, section 1980, subsection 2-A, paragraph G, the Secretary of State, in accordance with section 2482, shall mail the required 10-day notice and suspend the registration certificate and plates issued for the vehicle in question. If the motor vehicle is registered in another jurisdiction, the Secretary of State shall suspend the owner's right to operate the motor vehicle in this State in accordance with section 2461. The Secretary of State shall mail a notice of suspension to the registered owner at the last name and address on record with the Secretary of State, which may include an address obtained by reasonable means under Title 23, section 1980, subsection 2-A, paragraph C. The suspension takes effect on the date specified in the notice, which may not be less than 10 days after the mailing of the notification. The Secretary of State may not reinstate the registration certificate and plates or restore the owner's right to operate the motor vehicle in the State until the Maine Turnpike Authority provides noticenotifies the Secretary of State that the toll and applicable finesfees and penalties have been paid. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Title 5, section 9052, subsection 1 does not apply to a notice of suspension issued pursuant to this subsection.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment removes from the bill the language that provides that if the motor vehicle involved in a toll violation is registered in another jurisdiction and the registered owner's address is not known by the Maine Turnpike Authority, the notice may be sent to the motor vehicle registry of the jurisdiction that issued the registration. Instead, the amendment provides that the notice may be sent to an address for the registered owner obtained by the Maine Turnpike Authority through other reasonable means, including but not limited to through databases compiled by law enforcement or other government agencies.
The amendment also removes from the bill section 3 and the cross-reference in section 4 to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 2482, which relates to notice of suspension or revocation of a license, and replaces it with language that provides that the suspension takes effect on the date specified in the notice, which may not be less than 10 days after the mailing of the notification.