{"data":{"id":"us-me/23-m.r.s.-4408","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"23 M.R.S. §4408","heading":"Lifetime ferry passes for retired ferry service employees","body":"A former state employee who is receiving retirement benefits after at least 15 years of employment with the Maine State Ferry Service and who is a year-round resident of one of the served islands of the Maine State Ferry Service is eligible to receive a lifetime ferry pass and a waiver from any reservation fees if the lifetime ferry pass is presented when making the reservation. For the purposes of this section, \"lifetime ferry pass\" means a nontransferable pass that provides on a ferry operated by the Maine State Ferry Service:\n1.  Walk-on passage.  Unlimited walk-on passage for a passenger to and from the island on which the retiree resides; and\n2.  Passenger and vehicle passage.  One round-trip passage per month for a passenger and that passenger's vehicle during peak season as determined by rules adopted by the Department of Transportation and 2 round-trip passages per month during off-peak season as determined by rules adopted by the department.  A reservation for passage described in this subsection must follow rules adopted by the department.  For the purposes of this subsection, \"vehicle\" means a noncommercial motor vehicle with 4 tires or fewer and an overall length of 20 feet or less.\nRevisor's Note: §4408.  Overnight docking of ferries; legislative approval (As enacted by PL 2025, c. 282, §1 is REALLOCATED TO TITLE 23, SECTION 4409)","path":["TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION","PART 6: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION","CHAPTER 412: WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION","SUBCHAPTER 1: FERRIES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/23/title23sec4408.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:32Z","sha256":"b925bf1257680720791d400649840b7165e087ebfb17bc7628c6e7eb2713d8da","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/23-m.r.s.-4407","next":"us-me/23-m.r.s.-4409"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}