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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Create the Emergency Medical Services Registration Plate’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1.  29-A MRSA §519-A  is enacted to read:
§ 519-A. Registration plates for emergency medical services persons
 
1.  Authority to issue special registration plates.     Notwithstanding section 468-A and upon application by an emergency medical services person licensed under Title 32, chapter 2-B whose status is certified by the Director of Maine Emergency Medical Services within the Department of Public Safety, the Secretary of State shall issue a set of special emergency medical services registration plates to that person.
 
2.  Registration plate design.     The Secretary of State may design a numerical registration plate to be issued under this section.
 
3.  Use of registration plates.     The registration plates issued under this section may be used on only one motor vehicle with a registered gross weight of not more than 10,000 pounds.
 
4.  Fee for registration plates.     A one-time fee of $5 is charged for a set of emergency medical services registration plates in addition to the annual motor vehicle registration fee required by section 501.
 
5.  Recall of registration plates.     When an emergency medical services person is no longer licensed under Title 32, chapter 2-B, the Director of Maine Emergency Medical Services within the Department of Public Safety shall notify the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State shall recall any registration plates issued to that person under this section.
 
6.  Vanity registration plates.     The Secretary of State shall issue emergency medical services registration plates that are also vanity plates. Emergency medical services registration vanity plates are issued in accordance with section 453. Emergency medical services registration vanity plates may not duplicate vanity registration plates in any other class of plate.
 
7.  Date of first issue.     The Secretary of State shall issue emergency medical services registration plates on or after January 1, 2018.
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Administration - Motor Vehicles 0077
 
Initiative: Provides a one-time allocation to manufacture and issue registration plates for emergency medical services personnel.

HIGHWAY FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$8,452	$0	
			
HIGHWAY FUND TOTAL	$8,452	$0	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment strikes the provision in the bill that provides for issuance of special firefighter registration plates for emergency medical services persons. Instead, the amendment provides for the issuance of emergency medical services registration plates for emergency medical services persons who are licensed by the Emergency Medical Services' Board and certified by the Director of Maine Emergency Medical Services within the Department of Public Safety. The amendment also strikes the contingent effective date in the bill and requires the Secretary of State to issue emergency medical services registration plates on or after January 1, 2018. The amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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