An Act To Improve the Driver Education and Evaluation Programs
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0387
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: WALCOTT, MARTIN, WEBSTER
Amends: 5 MRSA §20072, 5 MRSA §20078-A, 29-A MRSA §2502

Legislative Document 
No. 387 
H.P.303 
House of Representatives, January 26,2007 
An Act To Improve the Driver Education and Evaluation Programs 
Submitted by the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to Joint Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative WALCOTT of Lewiston. 
Cosponsored by Senator MARTIN of Aroostook and 
Representative: WEBSTER of Freeport. 
Printed on recy<.: led paper 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §20072, as amended by PL 1999, c. 448, §4, is further amended 
to read: 
§20072. Driver Education and Evaluation Programs 
The Driver Education and Evaluation Programs are established in the office. The 
Driver Education and Evaluation Programs shall administer the alcohol and other drug 
education, evaluation and treatment programs as provided in this chapter. The office 
shall certify to the Secretary of State.;. those individuals who have satisfactorily completed 
a program pursuant to section 20073-B. 
1. Completion of DriYer Edueation and E.,'aluation Programs. Those individuals 
who have satisfactorily completed a program pursuant to section 20073 B; and 
2. 
Completion of treatment ather than DriYer Edueation and Evaluation 
Programs. Those individuals who have satisfied the requirement fer completion of 
treatment as defined in section 20071 by means other than a program pursuant to section 
20073 B. 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §20078-A, sub-§6, ~A, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 631, §7, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §2502, sub-§l, as amended by PL 2001, c. 511, §7, is 
further amended to read: 
1. Issuance of special license. Following the expiration of the total period of 
suspension imposed on a first-time offender pursuant to Title 15, section 3314 or sections 
2411,2453,2472 and 2521, the Secretary of State shall issue a special license or permit 
to the person if the Secretary of State receives written notice that the person has 
completed the assessment components of the alcohol and other drug program pursuant to 
Title 5, section 20073-B. First offenders who have registered fer the completion of 
treatment programs as described in Title 5, section 20072, subsection 2 are entitled to 
receive a special license after completion of 3 treatment sessions provided by a counselor 
or agency approved by the Office of Substance Abuse. A special license or permit may 
not be issued under this section to 2nd and subsequent offenders. 
SUMMARY 
This bill amends the laws regarding the Driver Education and Evaluation Programs. 
It discontinues the completion of treatment other than Driver Education and Evaluation 
Programs requirement. 
Individuals who lose their licenses for operating under the 
influence of alcohol and other drugs will be required to attend the educational component 
of the Driver Education and Evaluation Programs, if evidence of a substance abuse 
problem exists, and treatment, if indicated by the evaluation.