1. Licensee not yet 21 years of age. A license issued to a person who has not yet attained the age of 21 years is a provisional license for a period of 2 years following the date of issue or until the holder attains 21 years of age, whichever occurs last. That license remains in force as a nonprovisional license to the next normal expiration date. A license issued by another jurisdiction to a person who has not yet attained the age of 21 years is a provisional license for the purpose of operating a motor vehicle within this State.

A license of a person who has not yet attained 21 years of age includes the condition that the person not operate a motor vehicle with any amount of alcohol in the blood.__When a person who has not yet attained 21 years of age operates a motor vehicle with any amount of alcohol in the blood, the provisions of section 1251, subsection 1, paragraph B apply.

Sec. 27. 29-A MRSA §2486, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

4.__Electronic payment.__A person electronically transmitting the fee pursuant to this section shall pay the fee associated with that transmittal.

Sec. 28. Effective date; contingency. This Act takes effect 90 days after adjournment of the First Special Session of the 122nd Legislature, except as otherwise indicated, and except that that portion of this Act that enacts the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 523, subsection 5, paragraphs T and U takes effect January 1, 2006 or when the United States Secretary of Defense approves the Iraq Campaign Medal and Afghanistan Campaign Medal designs, whichever occurs first, but in no event may that portion of this Act that enacts the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 523, subsection 5, paragraphs T and U take effect until 90 days after adjournment of the First Special Session of the 122nd Legislature. If the Secretary of Defense approves the Iraq Campaign Medal and Afghanistan Campaign Medal designs before January 1, 2006, the Secretary of State shall provide the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Revisor of Statutes written notice of the date the Secretary of Defense approved these designs.

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, that section of this Act that amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 1253, subsection 2 takes effect when approved.