Sec. 1. 28-A MRSA §2207 is enacted to read:

§2207.__Requirement to produce identification

1.__Authority to request identification.__A law enforcement officer who has reasonable and articulable suspicion to believe that a violation of law has taken place or is taking place because a minor is present on premises may stop and detain the person who the officer suspects is a minor for the purpose of requiring that person to provide reasonably credible evidence of the person's name, address and date of birth.

2.__Immediate release.__If the person provides the officer with reasonably credible evidence of the person's name, address and date of birth, the officer immediately shall release the person unless the person has committed or is committing a violation.

3.__Verification of identity.__If the person provides the officer with evidence of that person's name, address and date of birth and the evidence does not appear to be reasonably credible, the officer shall attempt to verify the evidence as quickly as possible.__During the period that verification is being attempted, the officer may require the person to remain in the officer's presence for a period not to exceed 2 hours.__During this period, if the officer reasonably believes that the officer's safety or the safety of others present is threatened, the officer may search for any dangerous weapons by external patting of the person's outer clothing.__If in the course of the search the officer feels an object that the officer reasonably believes to be a dangerous weapon, the officer may take such action as is necessary to examine the object, but may take permanent possession of the object only if it is subject to forfeiture.__The requirement that the person remain in the presence of the officer does not constitute an arrest.

4.__Failure to provide reasonably credible evidence.__After informing the person of the provisions of this section, the officer may arrest the person if the person intentionally refuses to provide any evidence of that person's name, address or date of birth or the officer, after attempting to verify the evidence as required, has probable cause to believe that the person intentionally failed to provide reasonably credible evidence of the person's name, address and date of birth.

5.__Verification subsequent to arrest.__If, at any time subsequent to an arrest made pursuant to subsection 4, it appears that the evidence of the person's name, address and date of birth was accurate, the person must be released from custody and any