Sec. A-3. 29-A MRSA §2411, sub-§5, ¶D-2 is enacted to read:

D-2. A violation of subsection 1-A, paragraph D, subparagraph (1-A) or (2) is a Class B crime, which is a strict liability crime as defined in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A. The sentence must include a period of incarceration of not less than 6 months, a fine of not less than $2,100 and a court-ordered suspension of a driver's license for a period of 10 years. These penalties may not be suspended;

Sec. A-4. 29-A MRSA §2411, sub-§5, ¶G, as amended by PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. Q, §82 and affected by Pt. X, §2, is further amended to read:

G. The court shall order an additional period of license suspension of 275 days for a person sentenced under paragraph A, B, C, D or, D-1 or D-2 if the person was operating the motor vehicle at the time of the offense with a passenger under 21 years of age.

Sec. A-5. 29-A MRSA §2464 is enacted to read:

§2464.__Causing serious bodily injury or death while license is

suspended or revoked

1.__Accident involving injury; penalty.__A person who, while knowingly operating with a suspended or revoked license, in fact causes serious bodily injury as defined in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 23 to another person commits a Class C crime.

2.__Accident involving death; penalty.__A person who, while knowingly operating with a suspended or revoked license, in fact causes the death of another person commits a Class B crime.

3.__Pleading and proof.__The State must prove that the defendant's operation of the motor vehicle caused the serious bodily injury under subsection 1 or death under subsection 2.__ The court shall apply Title 17-A, section 33 in assessing any causation under this section.