A.__Thirty days for the first offense;

B.__Ninety days for the 2nd offense; and

C.__One year for any subsequent offense.

The court shall immediately forward the operator's license to the Secretary of State together with the record of adjudication on the form furnished for reporting convictions and adjudications for violations of Title 29-A.

3. Secretary of State shall suspend license. Immediately upon receipt of the record, the Secretary of State shall suspend the license, or right to operate, or right to obtain a license, of the minor for the required period, without further hearing. The Secretary of State shall also assign demerit points according to Title 29-A, section 2458, subsection 3.

4. Penalty. The penalties provided in this section and section 2052 are not in conflict with Title 15, Part 6.

SUMMARY

This bill amends the laws pertaining to consumption of alcohol by a minor by increasing the forfeiture for violation of the Maine Revised Statues, Title 28-A, section 2051 from not less than $100 nor more than $300 to not less than $200 nor more than $400 for the first offense; not less than $200 nor more than $500 to not less than $300 nor more than $600 for the 2nd offense; and from $500 to $600 for a 3rd or subsequent offense. The bill also gives the court the authority to suspend a license if a minor violates Title 28-A, section 2051, subsection 1, paragraph D, use of any evidence of age that is false, fraudulent or not the minor's own.