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4.__Suspension of license.__If a license or registration is
suspended pursuant to Title 19-A, section 2201, the suspension
remains in effect until the person is in compliance with the
support order.__On condition of payment of a $25 reinstatement
fee to the department, the suspension is rescinded and the
license reinstated.

 
Sec. 99. 12 MRSA §10902, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A,
§2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read:

 
2. Refusal to issue license or permit. If a person is
convicted or adjudicated of a violation of any provision of this
Part and is not the holder of a valid license or permit issued
under this Part, the commissioner may refuse to issue a related
license or permit to that person for up to 5 years following the
date of conviction or adjudication, except when the killing or
wounding of a human being has occurred, in which case the
commissioner may revoke refuse to issue the license or permit for
a period of not less than 5 years.

 
Sec. 100. 12 MRSA §10902, sub-§4, śC, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414,
Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read:

 
C. If an habitual violator, as defined in section 10605,
subsection 1, is convicted or adjudicated of a violation of
any provision of this Part, the commissioner shall revoke
all licenses and permits held by that person. A That person
is ineligible to have a license may not be granted to that
person for a period to be determined by the commissioner,
but not which may not be less than 3 years from the date of
revocation. A hearing for a person whose licenses and
permits have been revoked under this paragraph is governed
by the following.

 
(1) A person whose licenses and permits have been
revoked under this paragraph may, within 30 days of the
effective date of the revocation, petition for a
hearing before the commissioner to show cause why the
licenses and permits should not have been revoked.

 
(2) If, after the hearing, the commissioner finds that
the petitioner's record does not bring the petitioner
within the definition of an habitual violator, the
commissioner shall rescind the revocation. If the
commissioner finds that the petitioner's record does
bring the petitioner within the definition of an
habitual violator, the revocation remains in effect.
If the petitioner denies any of the facts contained in
the record, the petitioner has the burden of proof.


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