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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;

 
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;

 
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

 
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.

 
Sec. TT-5. 29-A MRSA §2412-A, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1999, c. 196,
§3, is further amended to read:

 
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.

 
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:

 
(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;

 
(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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