| 2. Suspension or revocation after notice and opportunity for |
| hearing. The Chief of the State Police must notify the licensee |
| or permittee in writing, before a license or permit is suspended |
| or revoked and after notice of the opportunity for a hearing, |
| pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph B or D, of the intended |
| commencement date of the suspension or revocation, which may not |
| be made any sooner than 96 hours after the licensee's or |
| permittee's receipt of the notice, of the duration of the |
| suspension or revocation and of the right to a hearing pursuant |
| to this subsection. The licensee or permittee has the right to |
| request a hearing before the Commissioner of Public Safety or the |
| commissioner's designee. Upon the licensee's or permittee's |
| request for a hearing, the Commissioner of Public Safety shall |
| provide a hearing. The hearing must comply with the Maine |
| Administrative Procedure Act. The purpose of the hearing is to |
| determine whether a preponderance of the evidence establishes |
| that the licensee or the licensee's agent or employee violated a |
| provision of this chapter or Title 17-A, chapter 39 or the |
| permittee or the permittee's employee committed murder or a Class |
| A, B or C crime or violated a provision of this chapter or Title |
| 17-A, chapter 15, 29, 37 or 39. A request for a hearing may not |
| be made any later than 10 days after the licensee or permittee is |
| notified of the proposed suspension or revocation. The |
| suspension or revocation action must be stayed pending the |
| hearing; the hearing may not be held any later than 30 days after |
| the date the commissioner receives the request. |
