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An Act To Allow the Secretary of State To Issue a Work-restricted License to First-time License Holders Not Yet 21 Years of Age with Less than 2 Years of Driving Time
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2503, sub-§1,  as amended by PL 1997, c. 737, §21, is further amended to read:
 
1. Administrative suspension; work-restricted license.   On receipt of a petition for a work-restricted license from a person under suspension pursuant to section 2453 or section 2472, subsection 2 or subsection 3, paragraph B for a first offense, the Secretary of State may stay a suspension during the statutory suspension period and issue a work-restricted license, if the petitioner shows by clear and convincing evidence that:
 
A.  As determined by the Secretary of State, a license is necessary to operate a motor vehicle:
 
(1) Between the residence and a place of employment or in the scope of employment, or both; or
 
(2) Between the residence and an educational facility attended by the petitioner if the suspension is under section 2472, subsection 2 or subsection 3, paragraph B for a first offense;
 
B.  No alternative means of transportation is available; and
 
C.  The petitioner has not, within 10 years, been under suspension for an OUI offense or pursuant to section 2453.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows the Secretary of State to stay a suspension of the license of a person with a juvenile provisional license for moving violations and to issue a work-restricted license.