Maine statute
29-A M.R.S. § 2503 — Work-restricted license
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Subchapter 3: Administrative Actions, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 29-A M.R.S. § 2503
Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.
1. Administrative suspension; work-restricted license. On receipt of a petition for a work-restricted license from a person under suspension pursuant to section 2453, section 2453-A or section 2472, subsection 3, paragraph B or C for a first offense, the Secretary of State may stay a suspension during the statutory suspension period and issue a work-restricted license, if the petitioner shows by clear and convincing evidence that:
A. As determined by the Secretary of State, a license is necessary to operate a motor vehicle:
(1) Between the residence and a place of employment or in the scope of employment, or both; or
(2) Between the residence and an educational facility attended by the petitioner if the suspension is under section 2472, subsection 3, paragraph B or C for a first offense;
B. No alternative means of transportation is available; and
C. The petitioner has not, within 10 years, been under suspension for an OUI offense or pursuant to section 2453 or 2453-A.
2. Suspension. The Secretary of State shall suspend, without preliminary hearing, the work-restricted license of a person who:
A. Is adjudicated or convicted of any violation of the provisions of this Title committed during the period when a work-restricted license has been issued;
B. Violates any restriction or condition of the license; or
C. Has not completed the alcohol and drug program by the end of the statutory suspension period.
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