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An Act To Allow for Charitable Donation Stops on Local Roads Only
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2109, as amended by PL 2005, c. 106, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
§ 2109. Stopping of traffic by hawkers and vendors
 
1.  Prohibition.     A person commits a traffic infraction if that person signals a moving vehicle, stops a vehicle or accosts an occupant of a vehicle stopped on a public way to solicit a contribution or subscription or sell merchandise or a ticket of admission to an entertainment or public gathering.
 
2.  Exceptions.     This section does not apply to an event or project conducted by a charitable nonprofit organization incorporated in or recognized by the State that has received municipal and local law enforcement authorization, including approval for the organization's traffic routing, schedule and procedures for the event or project, to:
 
A.  Solicit a subscription or sell merchandise or a ticket of admission to an entertainment or public gathering; or
 
B.  Solicit a contribution on a public way in the State defined as a town way pursuant to Title 23, section 53, subsection 1.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows a charitable nonprofit organization that has received municipal and local law enforcement authorization to stop traffic to solicit a contribution on a town way.