An Act To Amend the Law Governing Administrative Suspensions of Driver's Licenses
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0912
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: HASKELL, THOMAS, DILL, DION, HARLOW, LOVEJOY, BRANNIGAN, GERZOFSKY, MASON
Amends: 29-A MRSA §2503

Legislative Document 
No. 912 
H.P. 671 
House of Representatives, March 8, 2011 
An Act To Amend the Law Governing Administrative Suspensions 
of Driver's Licenses 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative HASKELL of Portland. 
Cosponsored by Senator THOMAS of Somerset and 
Representatives: DILL of Cape Elizabeth, DION of Portland, HARLOW of Portland, 
LOVEJOY of Portland, McCABE of Skowhegan, Senators: BRANNIGAN of Cumberland, 
GERZOFSKY of Cumberland, MASON of Androscoggin. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  29-A MRSA §2503, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 737, §21, is 
further amended to read: 
1.  Administrative suspension; work-restricted license.  On receipt of a petition for 
a work-restricted license from a person under suspension pursuant to section 2453 or 
section 2472, subsection 3, paragraph B for a first offense this chapter, the Secretary of 
State may stay a suspension during the statutory suspension period and issue a 
work-restricted license, if the petitioner shows by clear and convincing evidence that: 
A.    As determined by the Secretary of State, a license is necessary to operate a 
motor vehicle: 
 (1)  Between the residence and a place of employment or in the scope of 
employment, or both; or 
 (2)  Between the residence and an educational facility attended by the petitioner 
if the suspension is under section 2472, subsection 3, paragraph B for a first 
offense; 
B.    No alternative means of transportation is available; and 
C.    The petitioner has not, within 10 years, been under suspension for an OUI 
offense or pursuant to section 2453 under this chapter. 
The Secretary of State may not issue a work-restricted license to a person whose license 
has been revoked by court order without providing notice to the court in writing of the 
Secretary of State's action.  In issuing a work-restricted license to a person under 
revocation, the Secretary of State may impose any conditions and restrictions the 
Secretary of State determines necessary to ensure the safety of the public. 
SUMMARY 
Current law gives the Secretary of State authority to stay a suspension of a driver's 
license during the statutory suspension period and issue a work-restricted license on 
receipt of a petition for a work-restricted license for a person under suspension for 
operating a motor vehicle with an excessive alcohol level or for a person with a juvenile 
provisional license under suspension for operating a motor vehicle with an alcohol level 
of more than 0.00 grams per 100 milliliters of blood or 210 liters of breath. 
This bill gives the Secretary of State authority to stay a suspension during the 
statutory suspension period and issue a work-restricted license on receipt of a petition for 
a work-restricted license for a person under suspension for any offense under the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, chapter 23.  The bill also provides that the Secretary of State 
may not issue a work-restricted license to a person whose license has been revoked by 
court order without providing written notice to the court.  The bill provides that the 
Secretary of State, in issuing a work-restricted license to a person under revocation, may 
impose any conditions and restrictions the Secretary of State determines necessary to 
ensure the safety of the public.