An Act To Limit the Duration of a Legal Alien's Driver's License
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0008
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: CEBRA, SNOWE-MELLO, CLARK, HANLEY, LANSLEY, LEWIN, ROBINSON, SYKES, COURTNEY, HASTINGS
Amends: 29-A MRSA §1301, 29-A MRSA §1406, 29-A MRSA §1410

Legislative Document 
No.8 
H.P.9 
House of Representatives, December 15, 209Q 
An Act To Limit the Duration of a Legal Alien's Driver's License 
Received by the Clerk of the House on December 13,2006. Referred to the Committee on 
Transportation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. 
Presented by Representative CEBRA of Naples. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Senator SNOWE-MELLO of Androscoggin and 
Representatives: CLARK of Millinocket, HANLEY of Gardiner, LANSLEY of Sabattus, 
LEWIN of Eliot, ROBINSON of Raymond, SYKES of Harrison, Senators: COURTNEY of 
York, HASTINGS of Oxford. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1301, sub-§3-A is enacted to read: 
3-A. Proof of citizenship. An applicant for a license or nondriver identification card 
must provide proof of citizenship or documentation of legal residency inside the United 
States. 
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §1406, sub-§l, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c. 434, 
§22 and affected by §37, is amended to read: 
1. Expiration of license; persons under 65 years of age. +he Except as provided 
in subsection 2-A, the following provisions apply to the expiration of a license for 
persons under 65 years of age. 
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A. 
A noncommercial license to operate a motor vehicle issued to a person under 65 
years of age expires at midnight on the license holder's 6th birthday following the 
date of issuance. 
B. 
A commercial driver's license to operate a motor vehicle issued to a person 
under 65 years of age expires· at midnight on the license holder's 5th birthday 
following the date of issuance. 
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §1406, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c. 434, 
§ 22 and affected by § 3 7, is amended to read: 
2. Expiration of license; persons 65 years of age and over. A Except as provided 
in subsection 2-A, a license to operate a motor vehicle issued to a person 65 years of age 
or older at the date of issuance expires at midnight on the license holder's 4th birthday 
following the date of issuance. 
Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §1406, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 
2-A. Expiration of license; legal aliens. A license to operate a motor vehicle issued 
to a person residing in this country under a visa granted by the authority of the United 
States who is not a citizen of the United States expires in accordance with subsection I or 
or upon expiration of the visa, whichever comes first. 
Sec. 5. 29-A MRSA §1410, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 437, §40, is 
amended to read: 
4. Expiration. Each nondriver identification card issued pursuant to this section 
expires 6 years from the date of issuance, except that a nondriver identification card 
issued to a person residing in this country under a visa granted by the authority of the 
United States who is not a citizen of the United States expires 6 years from the date of 
issuance or upon expiration of the visa, whichever comes first. 
SUMMARY 
The bill requires an applicant for a driver's license or nondriver identification card to 
provide proof of citizenship or documentation that the applicant is a legal resident in the 
United States. The bill limits the duration of a legal alien's driver's license or nondriver 
identification card to the duration of the visa granted to the legal alien by the authority of 
the United States.