Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2113 – Visible emissions
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1. Prohibition. A person may not operate a gasoline-powered motor vehicle on a public way if the motor vehicle emits visible smoke, other than water vapor, in the exhaust emissions for a period in excess of 5 consecutive seconds.
[PL 1997, c. 786, §7 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2113
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively on railroad tracks, but does not include:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101Parking area: means an area designed for use as access or parking for patrons and customers of establishments to which the public is invited. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101 Person: means an individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, fiduciary, trust, estate or any other legal or commercial entity. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101 Public way: means a way, owned and maintained by the State, a county or a municipality, over which the general public has a right to pass. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101 Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system. Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, bicycles and other conveyances either singly or together using public way for travel. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101 Vehicle: means a device for conveyance of persons or property on a way. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101 Way: means the entire width between boundary lines of a road, highway, parkway, street or bridge used for vehicular traffic, whether public or private. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
1-A. Rolling coal prohibited. A person may not operate, or cause to have operated, a diesel?powered motor vehicle with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating under 18,000 pounds that emits visible smoke on a public way or parking area because of a permanent or temporary alteration to the air pollution control system of the motor vehicle. For the purposes of this subsection, “air pollution control system” has the same meaning as in section 2111, subsection 1.
[PL 2019, c. 335, §6 (NEW).]
2. Violation; penalty. A violation of this section is a traffic infraction for which a forfeiture not to exceed $100 may be adjudged. A person against whom enforcement action has been taken for a violation of subsection 1 may not be adjudicated to have committed a subsequent violation of subsection 1 unless 24 hours have elapsed between the date and time of the first violation indicated on the Violation and Summons Complaint and the subsequent violation.
[PL 1997, c. 786, §7 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1997, c. 786, §7 (NEW). PL 2019, c. 335, §6 (AMD).