An Act to Safeguard Maine's Highways
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1906
Committee Amendment CA_A_H1041 (House)
Amends: 29-A MRSA §2411, 29-A MRSA §2464, 29-A MRSA §2, 29-A MRSA §2558, 29-A MRSA §1357, 29-A MRSA §1404, 29-A MRSA §2431, 29-A MRSA §2556

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Act To Safeguard Maine's Highways" 
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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
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Sec. A·l. 29·A MRS A §2411, sub.§I.A, 1(D, as amended by PL 
2003, c. 633, §8, is further amended to read: 
D. 
Violates paragraph A, B or C and: 
(1) 
In fact causes serious bodily ~nJury as defined in 
Title l7-A, section 2, subsection 23 to another person 
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(I-A) 
In fact causes the death of another person; or 
(2) 
Has either a prior conviction for a Class C crime 
under this section or former Title 29, section 1312-B 
or a prior criminal homicide conviction involving or 
resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle while 
under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs or 
with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08% or greater. 
Sec. A·2. 29·A MRSA §2411, sub·§5, 1JD.l, as amended by PL 
2003, c. 673, Pt. TT, §4, is further amended to read: 
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D-l. 
A 
violation 
of 
subsection 
I-A, 
paragraph 
DL 
subparagraph (1) is a 
Class C crime, 
which is a strict 
liability crime 
as 
defined in Title 
l7-A, 
section 
34, 
subsection 4-A. 
The 
sentence must 
include 
a 
period of 
incarceration of not less than 6 months, a fine of not less 
than $2,100 and a 
court-ordered suspension of a driver's 
license for a period of 6 years. 
These penalties may not be 
suspended; 
Sec. A-3. 29-A MRSA §2411, sub-§5, 1JD-2 is enacted to read: 
D-2. 
A 
violation 
of 
subsection 
I-A. 
paragraph 
D, 
subparagraph <l-A) or (2) is a Class B crime, which is a 
strict liability crime as defined in Title 17 -A, section 34, 
subsection 
4-A. 
The 
sentence must 
include 
a 
period of 
incarceration of not less than 6 months, a fine of not less 
than· $2,100 and a 
court-ordered suspension of a driver's 
license for a period of 10 years. These penalties may not be 
suspended: 
Sec. A-4. 29-A MRS A §2411, sub-§5, 1JG, as amended by PL 2003, 
c. 452, Pt. Q, §82 and affected by Pt. X, §2, is further amended 
to read: 
G. 
The court shall order an additional period of license 
suspension 
of 
days 
for 
a 
person 
sentenced 
under 
paragraph A, 
B, 
C, 
D 
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D-1 or D-2 if the person was 
operating the motor vehicle at the time of the offense with 
a passenger under 21 years of age. 
Sec. A-5. 29-A MRSA §2464 is enacted to read: 
§2464. 
Causing serious bodily inju~ or death while license is 
suspended or revoked 
1. 
Accident inVOlving inju~; penalty. 
A person who, while 
knowingly operating with a suspended or revoked license, in fact 
causes serious bodily injury as defined in Title 17-A, section 2, 
subsection 23 to another person commits a Class C crime. 
2. 
Accident involving death: penalty. 
A person who, while 
knowingly operating with a suspended or revoked license, in fact 
causes the death of another person commits a Class B crime. 
3. 
Pleading 
ADd proof. 
The State must prove that the 
defendant's operation of the motor vehicle caused the serious 
bodily injury under subsection 1 or death under subsection 2. 
The court shall apply Title 17-A, section 33 in assessing any 
causation under this section. 
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4. 
License 
suspension. 
Upon 
receipt 
of 
notice 
of 
conviction, the Secretary of State shall immediately suspend the 
license 
of 
a 
person 
who 
violates 
subsection 
or 
2. 
Notwithstanding any provision of law that imposes a period of 
license 
suspension 
shorter 
than 
that 
specified 
in 
this 
subsection, a person who violates this section is subject to the 
following period of license suspension: 
A. 
For a violation of sUbsection 1, 5 years; and 
B. 
For a violation of subsection 2, 10 years. 
The period of suspension imposed pursuant to this subsection is 
consecutive to any suspension previously imposed by the Secretary 
of State or the court pursuant to this chapter. 
Sec. A-6. 29-A MRSA §2SS1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 514, 
§l, is repealed. 
Sec. A-7. 29-A MRSA §2SS1-A is enacted to read: 
§255F-A. 
Habitual offender 
1. 
Habitual offender defined. 
An habitual offender is a 
person whose record, as maintained by the Secretary of State, 
shows that: 
A. 
The person has accumulated 3 or more convictions or 
adjudications for distinct offenses described below arising 
out of separate acts committed within a 5-year period: 
(1) 
Homicide resulting from the operation of a motor 
vehicle; 
(2) 
OUI conviction: 
(3) 
Driving to endanger, in violation of section 2413: 
(4) 
Operating 
after 
suspension 
or 
revocation, 
in 
violation of section 2412-A: 
(5) 
Operating without a license: 
(6) 
Operating after revocation, in violation of former 
section 2557, section 2557-A or section 2558: 
(7) 
Knowingly making a false affidavit or swearing or 
affirming falsely in a statement required by this Title 
or as to information required in the administration of 
this Title: 
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( 8) 
A Class A, 
B, 
C or D offense in which a motor 
vehicle is used; 
(9) 
Failure to report an accident involving injury or 
death, in violation of section 2252: 
(10) 
Failure to report an accident involving property 
damage, in violation of section 2253, 2254 or 2255; 
(11) 
Eluding an officer, in violation of section 2414; 
(12) 
Passing 
a 
roadblock, 
in violation of section 
2414, subsection 4; and 
(13) 
Operating a motor vehicle at a speed that exceeds 
the maximum speed limit by 30 miles per hour or more; or 
B. 
The person has accumulated 10 or more convictions or 
adjudications for moving violations arising out of separate 
acts committed within a 5-year period. 
2. 
Inclusions. 
The 
offenses 
included 
in subsection 
include offenses under former Title 29, a federal law, a law of 
another state and a municipal ordinance substantially conforming 
to the statutory violations. 
3. 
Offenses not included. The following convictions are not 
included under subsection 1, paragraph A: 
A. 
A conviction of operating a 
motor vehicle without a 
license if the license had expired and was not suspended or 
revoked: and 
B. 
A conviction of operating after suspension when 
the 
suspension is based upon a failure to pay child support. 
4. 
Multiple offenses or violations. 
For the purposes of 
this section, when more than one offense or violation described 
in this section arises from the same incident. the offenses or 
violations are treated as one offense or violation. 
Sec. A-S. 29-A MRSA §2SS4, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 
683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: 
3. 
Operating 
after 
habitual 
offender 
revocation. 
The 
Secretary of State may not restore a license if a charge under 
former section 2557, section 2557 -A or section 2558 is pending. 
If the Secretary of State subsequently determines that a license 
has 
been restored when 
a 
charge under 
former 
section 
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section 2557 -A or section 2558 was pending, the Secretary of 
State 
shall, 
without 
hearing, 
immediately 
reinstate 
the 
revocation and provide notice of the reinstatement. 
A license 
may not be issued to a 
person who has been convicted of a 
violation of former section 2557, section 2557-A or section 2558 
for a period of at least one year following the conviction or 
longer as provided under former section 2557, section 2557 -A or 
section 2558. 
Sec. A·9. 29·A MRSA §2556, sub·§4, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 
683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: 
4. 
Inel.igibil.ity. 
A 
person 
is 
not 
eligible 
for 
a 
work-restricted license if habitual offender status is based on a 
conviction or adjudication under former section 2551, 
section 
2551-A, subsection 1, paragraph A, subparagraph (1) 
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former 
section 2557, section 2557-A or section 2558 or the revocation is 
issued pursuant to section 2555. 
Sec. A·IO. 29·A MRSA §2557, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673, 
Pt. TT, §§6 and 7, is repealed. 
Sec. A·II. 29·A MRSA §2557·A is enacted to read: 
§2557-A. 
QperatiDg after habitual. offender revocation 
1.. 
Qperating after habitual. offender revocation. 
A person 
commits operating after habitual offender 
revocation if that 
person: 
A. 
Operates a motor vehicle on a public way, as defined in 
Title 17 -A, section 505, subsection 2, when that person' s 
license to operate a motor vehicle has been revoked under 
this subchapter or former Title 29, chapter 18-A and that 
person: 
(1) Has received written notice of the revocation from 
the Secretary of State: 
(2) Has been orally informed of the revocation by a law 
enforcement officer: 
(3) Has actual knowledge of the revocation: or 
(4) Is a person to whom written notice was sent in 
accordance 
with 
section 
2482 
or 
former 
Title 
29, 
section 2241, subsection 4: or 
B. 
After having one or more prior convictions for violating 
former section 2557, this section or section 2558, violates 
section 2412-A. 
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2. 
Penalties. 
The following penalties apply. 
A. 
A person is guilty of a Class D crime if the person 
violates subsection 1 and: 
(1) The person has not been convicted for operating 
after revocation under this section or under former 
Title 29, section 2298 within the previous 10 years; and 
(2) The person has not been convicted for violating 
section 2411 or former Title 29, section 1312-B within 
the previous 10 years. 
The minimum fine for a Class D crime under this paragraph is 
$500 
and the 
m1n1mum 
term of imprisonment is 
days, 
neither of which may be suspended by the court. 
B. 
A person is guilty of a Class C crime if the person 
violates subsection 1 and: 
(1) The person has one conviction for operating after 
revocation under this section or under former Title 29, 
section 2298 within the previous 10 years: or 
(2) The person has one conviction for violating section 
2411 or former Title 29, section 1312-B within the 
previous 10 years. 
The minimum fine for a Class C crime under this paragraph is 
$1. 000 and the minimum term of imprisonment is 6 months, 
neither of which may be suspended by the court. 
C. 
A person is guilty of a Class C crime if the person 
violates subsection 1 and: 
(1) The person has 
convictions for operating after 
revocation under this section or under former Title 29, 
section 2298 within the previous 10 years; or 
(2) The person has 2 convictions for violating section 
2411 or former Title 29, 
section 1312-B within the 
previous 10 years. 
The minimum fine for a Class C crime under this paragraph is 
$1,000 and the minimum term of imprisonment is 9 months plus 
a day, neither of which may be suspended by the court. 
D. 
A person is guilty of a Class C crime if the person 
violates subsection 1 and: 
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(1) The person has 3 or more convictions for operating 
after revocation under this section or under former 
Title 29, section 2298 within the previous 10 years; or 
(2) The person has 3 or more convictions for violating 
section 2411 or former Title 29, section 1312-B within 
the previous 10 years. 
The minimum fine for a Class C crime under this paragraph is 
$1. 000 and the minimum term of imprisonment is 2 years, 
neither of which may be suspended by the court. 
3. Strict liability. Violation of this section is a strict 
liability crime as defined in Title l7-A, section 34, subsection 
4-A. 
4. Relief from habitual. offender status. 
The Secretary of 
State may not grant relief from habitual offender status under 
section 2554 until at least 
years have 
passed after the 
original date scheduled for eligibility to apply for relief of 
that status. 
5. Presumption of identity. If the name and date of birth of 
a person being prosecuted are the same as those of the habitual 
offender whose privilege to operate has been suspended, it is 
prima facie evidence that it is the same person. 
6. Notice to Secretazy of State. A law enforcement officer 
who has arrested a person for or charged a person with violating 
this section shall notify the Secretary of State of that action. 
Sec. A-12. 29-A MRSA §2558 is enacted to read: 
§2558. 
Aggravated operating after habitual offender revocation 
1. Crime. A person is guilty of aggravated operating after 
habitual offender revocation if that person violates section 
2557-A and at the time of the violation the person commits one or 
more of the following: 
A. OUI in violation of section 2411; 
B. Driving to endanger in violation of section 2413; 
C. Eluding an officer in violation of section 2414; 
D. 
Passing 
a 
roadblock 
in violation 
of 
section 
2414, 
subsection 4; and 
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E. Operating a motor vehicle at a speed that exceeds the 
maximum speed limit by 30 miles per hour or more. 
2. 
Penalties. 
The following penalties apply. 
A. 
A person who violates subsection 1 commits a Class D 
crime for which a minimum fine of $500 and a minimum term of 
imprisonment of 6 months must be imposed, neither of which 
may be suspended by the court. 
B. 
A person who violates subsection 1 and at the time has 
one conviction for violating this section, section 2411, 
former section 2557 or section 2557-A within the previous 10 
years commits. a Class C crime for which a minimum fine of 
$1. 000 and a minimum term of imprisonment of one year must 
be imposed, neither of which may be suspended by the court. 
C. 
A person who violates subsection 1 and at the time has 2 
convictions for violating this section, former section 2557 
or section 2557-A within the previous 10 years commits a 
Class C crime for which a minimum fine of $2, 000 and a 
m~n~mum term of imprisonment of 2 years must be imposed, 
neither of which may be suspended by the court. 
D. 
A person who violates subsection 1 and at the time has 3 
or 
more 
convictions 
for 
violating this 
syction, 
former 
section 2557 or section 2557-A within the previous 10 years 
commits a Class C crime for which a minimum fine of $3, 000 
and a 
term of imprisonment of 5 years must be imposed, 
neither of which may be suspended by the court. 
3. Strict liability. Violation of this section is a strict 
liability crime as defined in Title l7-A, section 34, subsection 
4-A. 
4. Relief from habitual offender status. 
The Secretary of 
State may not grant relief from habitual offender status under 
section 2554 until at least 3 years 
have 
passed after the 
original date scheduled for eligibility to apply for relief of 
that status. 
5. Presumption of identity. If the name and date of birth of 
a person being prosecuted are the same as those of the habitual 
offender whose priVilege to operate has been suspended, it is 
prima facie evidence that it is the Same person. 
6. Notice to Secretar.y of State. A law enforcement officer 
who has arrested a person for or charged a person with violating 
this section shall notify the Secretary of State of that action. 
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Sec. A·13. 29·A MRSA §2606, sub·§3 is enacted to read: 
3. 
Confiscation of suspended licenses. 
The Secretary of 
State shall 
take 
reasonable 
actions 
to confiscate 
suspended 
licenses. 
Sec. A·14. Report regarding impact on county jails. 
The joint 
standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
criminal justice and public safety matters shall request the 
Maine Sheriff's Association to report by January 30, 2007 to the 
committee regarding the impact of the increased motor vehicle 
penalties pursuant to this Act on the county jail population and 
to provide suggestions for changes, if necessary. 
The committee 
may report out a bill regarding these suggested changes to the 
PARTB 
Sec. B·l. 17·A MRSA §1349, as amended by PL 2005, c. 265, 
§15, is further amended to read: 
§1349. 
Eliqibility for sentence alternative that includes period 
of administrative release 
1. A person who has been convicted of a Class D or Class E 
crime or a Class C crime under Title 29-A, former section 2557 L 
section 2557 -A or section 2558 may be sentenced to a sentence 
alternative 
under 
section 
1152 
that 
includes 
a 
period 
of 
administrative release, unless: 
A. 
The statute that the person is convicted of violating 
expressly provides that the fine and imprisonment penalties 
it authorizes may not be 
suspended, 
in which 
case the 
convicted person must be sentenced to the imprisonment and 
required to pay the fine authorized therein: 
B. 
The 
court 
sentences 
alternative under section 
probation; or 
the 
1152 
person 
to 
a 
sentencing 
that includes a period of 
c. 
The court finds that such a sentence would diminish the 
gravity of the crime for which that person was convicted. 
Sec. B·2. 17·A MRSA §1349·B, sub·§I, as amended by PL 2005, c. 
265, §17, is further amended to read: 
1. 
The 
court 
may 
sentence 
a 
person 
to 
a 
term 
of 
imprisonment not to exceed the maximum term authorized for the 
Class D or Class E crime or the Class C crime under Title 29-A, 
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former section 2557, section 2557-A or section 2558, suspend the 
term of imprisonment in whole or in part and accompany the 
suspension with a period of administrative release not to exceed 
the one year authorized under section 1349-A, subsection 1. 
Sec. B-3. 29-A MRSA §1357, sub-§2, §A, as amended by PL 2005, 
c. 174, §1, is further amended to read: 
A. A person may not provide advanced driver education unless 
licensed by the Secretary of State. 
An instructor license 
is valid for 
years 
from 
the 
date 
of 
issuance. 
An 
applicant for an instructor license must meet the following 
requirements. 
(1) 
The person is at least 21 years of age and has a 
high school diploma or its equivalent. 
(2) 
The 
person has 
at least 
years of driving 
experience as a licensed operator and possesses a valid 
driver's license. 
(3) 
The person has not been convicted for a moving 
criminal traffic offense within 
the last 
years, 
except for operating without a driver's license if the 
license was expired less than 5 years and operating 
with an expired registration. 
(4) 
The 
person 
has 
not 
been 
accident-prone driver pursuant to 
the last year. 
designated 
section l308 
as 
an 
within 
(5) 
The 
person 
has 
not 
had 
a 
driver's 
license 
suspended or revoked within the last 6 years pursuant 
to seeeieBs section 2411, 2453, 2454, 2456, 2457, 2472, 
2521, 2525, 
2554 T 
or 2555 e!'.L former section 2557 or 
section 2557-A or 2558. 
(6) 
The person has not been convicted within the last 
years for any crimes for which more than one year of 
incarceration may be ordered. 
(7) 
The 
person 
must 
have 
at 
least one 
year 
of 
training, education or experience in driver education, 
driver evaluation, assessment or testing or teaching 
defensive driving. 
Sec. B-4. 29-A MRSA §1404, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 
617, §1, is further amended to read: 
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2. 
Prior convictions. 
A person convicted of operating 
under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs or with an 
excessive 
blood-alcohol 
level, 
as 
defined 
in 
section 
2453, 
subsection 2, within 10 years of the date the license is issued, 
reissued or returned after a period of suspension bears a coded 
notation of that fact. 
The Secretary of State may, at the request of a licensee, remove 
the coded notation from the license of a person convicted for a 
first operating-under-the-influence offense as defined in section 
2453, subsection 2 after 6 years from the date of the conviction 
if the person has not been convicted or adjudicated of the 
offense of speeding more than 15 miles per hour over the maximum 
speed limit or any offense described under section 6551 2551-A, 
subsection 1, paragraph A or had a license suspended or revoked 
within that 6-year period. 
Sec. B-5. 29-A MRSA §2431, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1997, c. 
776, §46, is further amended to read: 
4. 
Statements by accused. 
A statement by a person as to 
name or date of birth, or the name or date of birth contained on 
a driver's license surrendered by that person, is admissible in a 
proceeding under this Title. 
A statement of the person's 
sufficient proof by itself, 
delicti. 
name or 
without 
date of birth constitutes 
further proof of corpus 
A statement by a defendant that the defendant was the operator of 
a 
motor vehicle is admissible in a proceeding under 
seet;~eBs 
section 2411, section 2412-A aBe, former section 2557, section 
2557-A 
or 
section 
2558, 
if it is made 
voluntarily 
and is 
otherwise admissible under the United States Constitution or the 
Constitution of Maine. The statement may constitute sufficient 
proof by itself, without further proof of corpus delicti, that 
the motor vehicle was operated by the defendant. 
Sec. B-6. 29-A MRS A §2555, sub-§§l and 2, as enacted by PL 
1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, are amended to 
read: 
1. 
Bew 
convictions. 
Within 
restoration, the person commits a new 
2551-A, subsection 1, paragraph Aj or 
a 
5-year 
period 
of 
the 
offense under section 6aalT 
2. 
Continued liability. The person commits a new offense 
under section 6951 2551-A, subsection 1, paragraph A and, within 
years preceding the date of that new offense, the person t s 
record shows accumulated convictions or adjudications, including 
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which 
defined 
as 
an habitual 
subsection 1, paragraph A. 
resul ts in that 
offender 
under 
~etseli 
section 
person's being 
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Sec. B-7. 29-A MRSA §2556, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 
683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: 
5. 
Eligibility. 
If a conviction is based on former section 
2551 or section 255l-A, subsection 1, paragraph B, the person 
must have completed the period of suspension required for the OUI 
conviction and the Secretary of State must have received written 
notice that the person has satisfactorily completed the alcohol 
and drug program. ' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill and: 
1. 
Amends 
the 
OUI 
law 
to be consistent with proposed 
changes that create the distinct crimes of causing serious bodily 
injury or death while the driver's license is suspended or 
revoked; 
2. 
Adds 
to 
the 
list 
of 
or 
more 
convictions 
or 
adjudications for distinct offenses within a 5-year period for 
which a person is an habitual offender the offense of operating a 
motor vehicle at a speed that exceeds the maximum speed limit by 
miles per hour or more; 
3. 
Adds to the list of convictions or adjudications for 
distinct offenses within a 5-year period for which a person is an 
habitual 
offender 
the 
accumulation 
of 
or 
more 
moving 
violations; 
4. 
Removes from the exceptions for which a 
habitual offender the case when all convictions 
are based on operating after suspension, 
or 
license was originally suspended for failure to 
proof of financial responsibility; 
person is not an 
or adjudications 
"OAS, .. 
when the 
give or maintain 
5. Removes from the convictions for offenses that may not be 
included under the habitual offender provision convictions for 
OAS when the suspension is based upon failure to appear in court 
or pay a fine; 
6. 
offender 
have one 
offender 
Amends 
the 
penalties 
for 
operating 
after 
habitual 
revocation and expands the crime to include persons who 
or more prior convictions for operating after habitual 
revocation 
or 
aggravated 
operating 
after 
habitual 
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offender revocation and who then operate after the license is 
suspended or revoked; 
7. 
Creates the crime of aggravated operating after habitual 
offender 
revocation and 
imposes 
new penalties. 
A person is 
guilty of aggravated operating after habitual offender revocation 
if that person operates after habitual offender revocation and at 
the time of that violation also commits one or more of the 
following: OUI, driving to endanger, eluding an officer, passing 
a roadblock and operating a motor vehicle at a speed that exceeds 
the maximum speed limit by 30 miles per hour or more; 
8. 
Directs 
the 
Secretary of State to 
take 
reasonable 
actions to confiscate suspended licenses; and 
9. 
Instead 
of 
amending 
the 
home-release 
monitoring 
statutes, requests the Maine Sheriff's Association by January 30, 
2007 to report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having 
jurisdiction over 
criminal 
justice 
and public 
safety 
matters 
regarding 
the 
impact 
these 
increased 
motor 
vehicle 
penalties have on the county jail population and to make any 
suggested changes, if necessary. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 03/17 /06 ~ac:. 
LD 1906 
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An Act to Safeguard Maine's Highways 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ~" 
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Current biennium cost increase - General Fund 
Future biennium cost increase - General Fund 
Minor cost increase - Highway Fund 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements: 
Establishing stricter penalties for operating after license suspension or revocation will result in increased annual 
admissions to state and county correction facilities and additional future costs to the facilities. The Judicial 
Department has indicated that requiring substantial minimum sentences that can not be suspended for operating after 
license suspension or revocation will result in fewer cases being resolved without trial, increasing trial and sentencing 
costs due to additional time requirements for judges, clerks, law clerks, security, court reporters and indigent defense. 
Establishes new Class C and D crimes; increases correctional and judicial costs. 
The collection of additional fines may also increase General Fund revenue by minor amounts. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
The Bureau of Motor Vehicles within the Department of the Secretary of State will work to retrieve suspended 
licenses within existing budgeted resources. 
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