| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2463 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §2463.__Revocations upon conviction of certain crimes under |
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| | | 1.__Recording; notice by the Secretary of State.__On receipt | | of an attested copy of the court record of any person who, as a | | result of the operation of a motor vehicle in such a manner as to | | cause serious bodily injury or bodily injury to any person or | | create a substantial risk of serious bodily injury or place | | another person in fear of imminent bodily injury, has been | | convicted of assault, aggravated assault, elevated aggravated | | assault, criminal threatening, reckless conduct or an attempt | | thereat, or who has been adjudicated to have committed the | | juvenile offenses of assault, aggravated assault, elevated | | aggravated assault, criminal threatening, reckless conduct or an | | attempt thereat, the Secretary of State shall immediately revoke | | the person's license without further hearing for an indefinite | | period of time. |
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| | | 2.__Appeal.__Unless the court orders otherwise, a person's | | license that is revoked pursuant to this section remains revoked | | during the course of any appeal. |
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| | | 3.__Pleas.__For the purposes of this section, a person is | | deemed to have been convicted of assault, aggravated assault, | | elevated aggravated assault, criminal threatening, reckless | | conduct or an attempt thereat if the person pleaded guilty or | | nolo contendere or was otherwise adjudged or found guilty by a | | court of competent jurisdiction.__In the case of a juvenile | | offender, the juvenile is deemed to have been adjudicated of | | having committed a juvenile offense of assault, aggravated | | assault, elevated aggravated assault, criminal threatening, | | reckless conduct or an attempt thereat if the juvenile admits to | | the juvenile offense or was otherwise adjudged or found to have | | committed the juvenile offense by a court of competent | | jurisdiction. |
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| | | 4.__Notification.__The court shall send an attested copy of | | the record of any person convicted of a crime enumerated in this | | section to the Secretary of State. |
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| | | 5.__Petition for relicensure.__A person whose license is | | revoked pursuant to this section may petition the Secretary of | | State for relicensure: |
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| | | A.__Three years after that person has been finally | | discharged from any unsuspended initial period of | | incarceration as a result of the person's conviction or | | adjudication for a Class A, B or C crime or juvenile | | offense; |
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