An Act To Require Notification prior to Suspension of a Driver's License for a Nonmotor Vehicle Violation
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0627
Committee: Judiciary
Sponsors: DUPLESSIE, STRIMLING, COLLINS, MARLEY, PATRICK, SAMPSON, BARTLETT, BROMLEY, HOBBINS
Amends: 14 MRSA §3142, 19-A MRSA §2603-A, 29-A MRSA §2482

Legislative Document 
No. 627 
H.P.460 
House of Representatives, February 8, 2005 
An Act To Require Notification prior to Suspension of a Driver's 
License for a Nonmotor Vehicle Violation 
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative DUPLESSIE of Westbrook. 
Cosponsored by Senator STRIMLING of Cumberland and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: COLLINS of Wells, MARLEY of Portland, McKENNEY of Cumberland, 
PATRICK of Rumford, SAMPSON of Auburn, Senators: BARTLETT of Cumberland, 
BROMLEY of Cumberland, HOBBINS of York. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §3142, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2003, c. 193, 
§3, is further amended to read: 
2. 
Notification 
of 
issuing 
entity 
and 
person. 
Upon 
suspension of the person's license, certification, registration, 
permit, 
approval 
or 
other 
similar 
document 
evidencing 
the 
granting of authority to hunt, fish or trap or to engage in a 
profession, 
occupation, business or industry, 
the court shall 
notify the person and the issuing agency that the court has 
ordered the suspension. 
The 
issuing agency shall immediately 
record the suspension except that, in the case of a suspension of 
a driver's license or right to operate a motor vehicle, if the 
suspension results from the nonpayment of a 
fine that is not 
related to the operation of a motor vehicle, the suspension may 
not take effect until 60 days after the mailing of the notice. 
The court shall immediately notify that person by regular mail or 
personal service. 
Written notice is sufficient if sent to the 
person's last known address. 
Sec. 2. 19-A MRSA §2603-A, sub-§I, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 
466, §26 and affected by §28, is amended to read: 
1. 
Suspension of driver's 
license. 
Suspension 
of 
the 
obligor's driver's license or licenses and right to operate a 
motor vehicle except that the suspension may not take effect 
until 60 days after notice is provided to the obligor by the 
Secretary of State; 
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §2482, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 
683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: 
4. 
Effective date. 
A suspension or revocation is effective 
on the date specified by the Secretary of State on the notice, 
which may not be less than 10 days after the mailing of the 
notification of suspension by the Secretary of State except that, 
for 
suspensions 
made 
pursuant 
to 
Title 
14, 
section 
3142, 
subsection 2 that are not related to the operation of a motor 
vehicle and Title 19 A, 
section 2603 A, 
the suspension may not 
take effect until 60 days after the mailing of the notification 
of suspension. 
SUMMARY 
This bill prohibits a court or the Secretary of State from 
suspending the driver's license of a person for 
a 
reason not 
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related to the operation of a 
pay child support or a civil 
notice to the person. 
motor vehicle, such as failure to 
fine, without providing 60 days'