Maine / State / 132nd Legislature
PL 2025, c. 152 Added certificate of title requirements to the disabled veteran excise tax exemption
Restricts benefits Requires the qualifying veteran to be named on the certificate of title, so a vehicle titled only in a spouse's name no longer qualifies for the excise tax exemption.
The qualifying veteran must now be named on the automobile’s certificate of title, and where a vehicle has multiple owners at least one titled owner must meet the requirements. A vehicle titled only in a spouse’s name no longer qualifies. The Bureau of Veterans’ Services page on the exemption still quotes the section as amended in 2009, cites only subsection 1 of Title 29-A section 523 rather than subsections 1 or 2, and does not carry these requirements.
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done, House
- In committee Done, Transportation, which reported it out as amended on May 14, 2025
- Passed one chamber Done, House, passed to be enacted as an emergency measure by two-thirds
- Passed both chambers Done, Senate, in concurrence
- Signed by the governor Done, Emergency measure, effective on signature
- In effect Done, date not recorded
Sponsors
- Robert Nutting
- William Bridgeo
- Alicia Collins
- Scott Cyrway
- Randall Greenwood
- Wayne Parry
What it touches
- 36 M.R.S. § 1483(12)
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