An Act To Limit the Duration of a Legal Alien's Driver's License
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0259
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: CEBRA, CRAY, GIFFORD, PARRY, PLUMMER, WILLETTE
Amends: 29-A MRSA §1301, 29-A MRSA §1406, 29-A MRSA §1410

Legislative Document 
No. 259 
H.P. 212 
House of Representatives, February 1, 2011 
An Act To Limit the Duration of a Legal Alien's Driver's License 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative CEBRA of Naples. 
Cosponsored by Representatives: CRAY of Palmyra, GIFFORD of Lincoln, McCLELLAN of 
Raymond, PARRY of Arundel, PLUMMER of Windham, WILLETTE of Mapleton. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  29-A MRSA §1301, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 648, §1, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 2.  29-A MRSA §1301, sub-§3-A is enacted to read: 
3-A.  Proof of citizenship.  An applicant for a license must provide proof of 
citizenship or documentation of legal residency in the United States. 
Sec. 3.  29-A MRSA §1406, sub-§1, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c. 434, 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.  The Except as provided 
in subsection 2-A, the following provisions apply to the expiration of a license for 
persons under 65 years of age. 
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Sec. 4.  29-A MRSA §1406, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 2003, c. 434, 
§22 and affected by §37, 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. 5.  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 1 or 
or upon expiration of the visa, whichever comes first. 
Sec. 6.  29-A MRSA §1410, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 648, §3, is 
amended to read: 
8.  Legal residency requirement.  The Secretary of State may not issue a nondriver 
identification card to an applicant unless the applicant presents to the Secretary of State 
valid documentary evidence of legal presence residency in the United States. 
Sec. 7.  29-A MRSA §1410, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 648, §4, is 
amended to read: 
9.  Expiration of nondriver identification card; lawfully present noncitizens.  
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a nondriver identification card issued to an 
applicant a person residing in this country under a visa granted by the authority of the 
United States who is not a citizen or a legal permanent resident of the United States 
expires coterminously with the applicant's authorized duration of stay or 6 years, 
whichever is the shorter period of time from the date of the issuance or upon expiration of 
the visa, whichever comes first.  A nondriver identification card issued under this 
subsection must be valid for a period of at least 120 days. 
SUMMARY 
This 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 of 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.