CHAPTER 481

S.P. 670 - L.D. 1753

An Act To Set a Maximum on Penalties Imposed for Licensing

Violations by Eating Establishments, Eating and Lodging

Places, Lodging Places, Recreational Camps or Camping Areas

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2498, sub-§1, śC, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. X, §3, is further amended to read:

C. Any person, corporation, firm or copartnership that operates any eating establishment, eating and lodging place, lodging place, recreational camp or camping area without first obtaining a license as required by this chapter must be punished, upon conviction adjudication of unlicensed operation, by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $200, and upon a 2nd or subsequent conviction, adjudication of unlicensed operation must be punished by a fine of not less than $200 nor more than $500. Each day any such person, corporation, firm or copartnership operates without obtaining a license constitutes a separate offense.