Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §3314, sub-§3-A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 65, Pt. A, §49 and affected by §153 and Pt. C, §15, is further amended to read:

3-A. Operator's license suspension for tobacco and drug offenses. The court may suspend for a period of 6 months the license or permit to operate, right to operate a motor vehicle and right to apply for and obtain a license of any person who violates Title 17-A, chapter 45, or Title 22, section 1555-B or 2383, and is adjudicated pursuant to this chapter to have committed a juvenile crime.

The court shall give notice of suspension and take physical custody of an operator's license or permit as provided in Title 29-A, section 2434. The court shall immediately forward the operator's license and a certified abstract of suspension to the Secretary of State.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §1555-B, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1997, c. 578, §1, is further amended to read:

5. Purchase, possession and use of cigarettes, cigarette papers or tobacco products; use of false identification by minors prohibited. Except as provided in paragraph A, a person under 18 years of age may not purchase, attempt to purchase, possess or use cigarettes, cigarette paper or any tobacco product or offer false identification in an attempt to purchase any tobacco products or to purchase, possess or use cigarettes, cigarette paper or any other tobacco product.

A. A person under 18 years of age may transport or permit to be transported in a motor vehicle cigarettes, cigarette paper or tobacco products in the original, sealed package in which they were placed by the manufacturer if the transportation is in the scope of that person's employment.

Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §1555-B, sub-§8, ķA, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 305, §5, is amended to read:

A. A person who violates subsection 1, 2, 3 or 4 commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,500, plus court costs, may be adjudged for any one offense. An employer of a person who violates subsection 1, 2, 3 or 4 commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $1,500, plus court costs, may be adjudged. The fine for the employer of a person who violates subsection 1, 2, 3 or 4 is twice the fine imposed on the person who committed the civil