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a fine of not less than $2,000 $2,100 and a court-ordered | | suspension of a driver's license for a period of 6 years. | | These penalties may not be suspended; |
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| | | E. If a law enforcement officer failed to provide the | | warnings required by section 2521, subsection 3, the | | increase in minimum penalties required because of a refusal | | to submit to a test is not mandatory; |
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| | | F. For a person sentenced under paragraph B, C or D, the | | court shall order the defendant to participate in the | | alcohol and other drug program of the Department of | | Behavioral and Developmental Services, Office of Substance | | Abuse. The court may waive the program pursuant to Title 5, | | section 20073-B, if the court finds that the defendant has | | completed an alcohol or other drug treatment program | | subsequent to the date of the offense; and |
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| | | G. The court shall order an additional period of license | | suspension of 275 days for a person sentenced under | | paragraph A, B, C, D or D-1 if the person was operating the | | motor vehicle at the time of the offense with a passenger | | under 21 years of age. |
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| | | Sec. TT-5. 29-A MRSA §2412-A, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1999, c. 196, | | §3, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Minimum mandatory sentences for certain suspension. If | | the suspension was for OUI or an OUI offense, the court shall | impose a minimum fine of $500 $600, a term of imprisonment of 7 | | consecutive days and a suspension of license of not less than one | | year nor more than 3 years consecutive to the original | | suspension. The penalties may not be suspended. |
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| | | A. If the person has a prior conviction for violating this | | section within a 10-year period and was subject to the | | minimum mandatory sentences, then the following minimum | | penalties, which may not be suspended by the court, apply in | | the event the suspension was for OUI: |
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| | | (1) A minimum fine of $1,000, a term of imprisonment | | of 30 consecutive days and a suspension of license for | | not less than one year nor more than 3 years | | consecutive to the original suspension in the event of | | one prior conviction; |
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| | | (2) A minimum fine of $2,000, a term of imprisonment of 60 | | consecutive days and a suspension of license for not less than | | one year nor more than 3 years |
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