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An Act To Require That a Person Be a Maine Resident in Order To Be Issued a Maine Driver's License
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1251, sub-§3,  as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:
 
3. Issue restrictions.   A person may not receive a license unless:
 
A.  That person surrenders all valid licenses in that person's possession issued by any jurisdiction; and
 
B.  The Secretary of State is satisfied that the applicant is a proper person to receive a license.; and
 
C.   That person is a resident. For purposes of this paragraph, "resident" does not include a person described in section 101, subsection 62, paragraph A or B.
 
SUMMARY
This bill requires a person to be a Maine resident in order to receive a Maine driver's license.