Background
The Committee on Transportation will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM at
📍 State House, Room 126, Augusta, to discuss LD 667 "An Act to Modernize the State Motor Vehicle Inspection Program and the Law Governing Inspection Fees."
If you want to read LD 667, click here: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?PID=1456&snum=132&paper=&paperld=l&ld=566
In lieu of personally testifying in support of this bill, you may testify via Zoom, or by online testimony using the following link: https://www.mainelegislature.org/testimony/. Do this prior to the public hearing.
See below for EVERYTHING you're going to need to get this done, including testimony!
🔹 Steps to submit testimony online:
1️⃣ Click: "Public Hearing".
2️⃣ Choose a committee: "Transportation" - using the drop-down menu.
3️⃣ Choose date: April 8, 2025, 1:00 PM - using the drop-down menu.
4️⃣ Click: LD 667
5️⃣ Enter your testimony in the box (or click the checkbox if you want to testify via Zoom).
6️⃣ Complete your contact information.
7️⃣ Click: "I'm not a robot"
8️⃣ Click: "Submit/Register".
You can find a video tutorial on 'Submitting Testimony in Maine" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYnhN4ZlpoQ
Action Time-Window
⚠️ Please consider taking action by April 6, 2025 to ensure it gets to the legislature ahead of the meeting.
Template
The below is a community member's testimony. Feel free to use it, something of your own, or something as simple as as "I oppose LD 667, and "it ought not to pass." To get other wording ideas, as online testimony is submitted for this bill, you can see it here: https://legislature.maine.gov/ctl/TRA/04-08-2025?panel=4&time=0&sortdir=0&sortby=2 after clicking on the bill number.
I oppose LD 667 “An Act to Modernize the State Motor Vehicle Inspection Program and the Law Governing Inspection Fees.”
This bill authorizes the Chief of the State Police to require the use of an electronic inspection program for the purpose of performing motor vehicle inspections.
This system will create a digital record of the vehicle inspection history that will be uploaded to the State Police. This eliminates a second opinion for a failed inspection. This is another layer of government added to our lives, at much more cost.
Maine has been found to have the fifth highest total tax burden in the country, according to a new study published by personal finance website WalletHub.
We cannot afford more taxes and fees. We taxpayers need relief! Half of the states do not impose a vehicle inspection at all. Do away with our vehicle inspection COMPLETELY!
I oppose LD 667, and it “ought not to pass.”
Credit for the above goes to our community member Danny (@DannyEmerson61) from the South Berwick Republican Committee (@BerwickSouth).
Disclaimer
A community member has shared this personal template for those who wish to express their views on the bill(s) mentioned above. This template is not an official PTP position, and using it is entirely up to you. Pine Tree Patriots encourages civic participation but does not endorse or support specific actions or policies. Please remember this is an individual initiative.
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