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An Act To Allow for Timely Credit for Driver's License Suspensions Imposed by a Court
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2411, sub-§5-A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 368, Pt. AAA, §9, is amended to read:
 
5-A. Notice and custody.   The court shall give notice of a license suspension and shall take physical custody of the driver's license, except when the defendant demonstrates that the defendant's license was previously restored by the Secretary of State following an administrative suspension under section 2453 for operating under the influence based on the same facts and circumstances giving rise to the court-ordered suspension.
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §2434, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:
 
4. Stay of suspension.   The court, on reasonable cause shown, may stay a suspension for a period not to exceed 4 hours from the time of sentencing and issue evidence of that stay, unless the defendant demonstrates that the defendant's license was previously restored by the Secretary of State following an administrative suspension under section 2453 for operating under the influence based on the same facts and circumstances giving rise to the court-ordered suspension, in which case the court may stay a suspension for up to 7 days.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 125th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.