An Act To Authorize the Revocation, Suspension or Denial of a Guide License under Specified Circumstances
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10908, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
(1) A person whose license is revoked, suspended or denied under this paragraph may request a hearing before the commissioner. Following the hearing, the commissioner may issue a guide license or reinstate a guide license that has been revoked, suspended or denied if the commissioner determines that the applicant has been sufficiently rehabilitated from the conviction to warrant the public trust or the nature of the conviction or the circumstances surrounding it do not warrant disqualification from licensure. The request for a hearing under this paragraph must be made within 30 days of receipt of the revocation, suspension or denial of the guide license.
(2) An applicant for a guide license or the holder of a guide license must notify the department of a conviction or a finding of not criminally responsible that is grounds under this paragraph for the revocation, suspension or denial of a guide license. Failure to notify the department is grounds for a permanent denial or revocation of a guide license.
summary
This bill authorizes the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to revoke, suspend, refuse to issue or refuse to renew a guide license if the license holder has been convicted of committing a crime punishable by imprisonment for one year or more or is found not criminally responsible by reason of insanity of committing a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term of one year. The bill allows a person to request a hearing to appeal the revocation, suspension or denial. The bill requires an applicant for or the holder of a guide license to notify the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife of a conviction or a finding of not criminally responsible that is grounds for the revocation, suspension or denial of a guide license.