Booster Permit Wizard

Use the Booster Permit Wizard to temporarily increase a vehicle's weight limit for the amount of weight the vehicle can carry.  The Booster Permit allows commercial and farm vehicles to boost the amount of weight the vehicle can carry for a minimum of one month but not more than eight months.  In addition, boosters may not extend beyond the expiration of the regular registration.

Notes:  

• A Town can issue booster permits if they have the Truck Level 3 Authorization level.

• Boosters can be issued for vehicles with class codes AC, AF, CC, CO, FM, TT or the Maine portion of AP (IRP registrations).

• The fee for a booster is the difference between the annual registration fee for the original registration and the annual fee for the desired temporary registered gross weight, multiplied by the percentage in the following table:
  
   

  Time Period	Multiply Factor
  1 month increase	20 %
  2 month increase	30 %
  3 month increase	40 %
  4 month increase	50 %
  5 month increase	60 %
  6 month increase	70 %
  7 month increase	75 %
  8 month increase	80 %

• A municipal agent fee of $1 may be charged for booster permit transactions.

• A form does not print for a booster permit.

• Units and dollar amounts should be accumulated under the Increase Registered Vehicle Weight total on the Town Detail Report and Town Summary Report.

• For general information about using wizards, see the Wizard - Introduction.

Directions:

To see directions for...

• Opening the Booster Permit Wizard, click More.

   

  1.  Before opening the Booster Permit wizard, first recall the registration in the Registration Inquiry.

  2.  Click Plus  for Miscellaneous Transactions on the Wizards Menu.

  3.  Click Booster Permit .

   

  Booster Permit Wizard Window Example:

  Tip:  To see general instructions for each panel in the example below, the cursor becomes a hand when you position the cursor over the field or panel.  Click once to display the associated topic.

   

   

• Creating a New Booster Permit, click More.

   

   IMPORTANT:  To avoid losing data, the wizard automatically validates and saves your data when you click Finish.

   

  1.  Before opening the Booster Permit wizard, first recall the registration in the Registration Inquiry.

  2.  Open the Booster Permit Wizard.

  3.  The following displays:  License Plate Number, VIN, Class, Sub_Class, Low End Weight, High End Weight and vehicle manufacture Year.

  4.  To advance to the next step, simply press [ENTER] or click Next.  Each step is listed:

  a.  Enter Vehicle Information Step

  b.  Enter Owner/Legal Residence Information Step

  c.  Enter Secondary/Tertiary Owner Information Step

  d.  Enter the Registration Information Step

  e.  Enter the Registration Fee Step

  f.  Enter Cash Receipt Information Step

  g.  Review Cash Receipt Information Step
  Tip:  For more information about moving around within the Wizard, see the Wizard - Navigation topic.

  5.  To position the pointer to the information that you want to enter, press [TAB] or click the field using the mouse.

  6.  Enter the data changes.

  7.  To finish entry and save the changes, click Finish , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]

   

• Editing an Existing Booster Permit, click More.

   

   Note:  This wizard only creates a booster permit.  To edit a booster permit, use the  Registration Correction Wizard.

   

• Deleting an Existing Booster Permit, click More.

   

   Note:  This wizard only creates booster permits.  To delete a booster permit, use the Cancel Registration Wizard.

   

• Understanding the field values for the following panels, click the panel name in the table below: