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| 1. The court may sentence a person to a term of imprisonment not | | to exceed the maximum term authorized for the Class D or Class E | | crime or the Class C crime under Title 29-A, former section 2557, | | section 2557-A or section 2558, suspend the term of imprisonment in | | whole or in part and accompany the suspension with a period of | | administrative release not to exceed the one year authorized under | | section 1349-A, subsection 1. |
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| | | Sec. B-3. 29-A MRSA §1357, sub-§2, §A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 174, | | §1, is further amended to read: |
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| | | A. A person may not provide advanced driver education unless | | licensed by the Secretary of State. An instructor license | | is valid for 3 years from the date of issuance. An | | applicant for an instructor license must meet the following | | requirements. |
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| | | (1) The person is at least 21 years of age and has a | | high school diploma or its equivalent. |
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| | | (2) The person has at least 4 years of driving | | experience as a licensed operator and possesses a valid | | driver's license. |
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| | | (3) The person has not been convicted for a moving | | criminal traffic offense within the last 3 years, | | except for operating without a driver's license if the | | license was expired less than 5 years and operating | | with an expired registration. |
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| | | (4) The person has not been designated as an accident- | | prone driver pursuant to section 1308 within the last | | year. |
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| | | (5) The person has not had a driver's license | | suspended or revoked within the last 6 years pursuant | to sections section 2411, 2453, 2454, 2456, 2457, 2472, | 2521, 2525, 2554, or 2555 or, former section 2557 or | | section 2557-A or 2558. |
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| | | (6) The person has not been convicted within the last | | 10 years for any crimes for which more than one year of | | incarceration may be ordered. |
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| | | (7) The person must have at least one year of | | training, education or experience in driver education, | | driver evaluation, assessment or testing or teaching | | defensive driving. |
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