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D.__"Court-ordered suspension" means a suspension by a
court of the right of a licensee to hold or apply for a
professional license based on the contempt procedures
pursuant to Title 14, sections 3141 and 3142.

 
2. Noncompliance with court order of support. An applicant
for the issuance or renewal of a license or an existing
licensee regulated by a board who is not in compliance with a
court order of support is subject to the requirements of Title
19-A, section 2201.

 
3.__Court-ordered suspension.__An applicant for the issuance
or renewal of a license or an existing licensee regulated by a
board who has not paid a court-ordered fine, court-appointed
attorney's fees or court-ordered restitution is subject to
court suspension of all licenses as provided in Title 14,
sections 3141 and 3142.__When the applicant or licensee pays
the court-ordered fine in full and a reinstatement fee of $35,
the license or right to apply for a license must be
reinstated.

 
Sec. 3. 14 MRSA §3142, as amended by PL 2001, c. 471, Pt. A, §20,
is further amended to read:

 
§3142. Contempt hearing and punishment

 
1. Punishment. Unless the defendant shows that failure to
pay a fine was not attributable to a willful refusal to obey
the order or to a failure on the defendant's part to make a
good faith effort to obtain the funds required for the
payment, the court may find the defendant in civil contempt
and may impose punishment, as the case requires, of:

 
A. A reasonable fine not to exceed $500; or

 
B. Imprisonment; or

 
C. The suspension of the right to apply for or possess
any license, certification, registration, permit, approval
or other similar document evidencing the granting of
authority to hunt, fish or trap or to engage in a
profession, occupation, business or industry, not
including a registration, permit, approval or similar
document evidencing the granting of authority to engage in
the business of banking pursuant to Title 9-B. Licenses
and registration subject to suspension include, but are
not limited to:

 
(1) Licenses issued by the Commissioner of Marine
Resources, as provided in Title 12, section 6409;


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