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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §8103, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 126, §2, is
amended to read:

 
1. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
Public Safety or the commissioner's designee.

 
Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §8105, sub-§5, ¶E, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 126, §2,
is amended to read:

 
E. Answers to the following questions:

 
(1) Are you currently under indictment or information for
a crime for which the possible penalty is imprisonment
for in excess of a period equal to or exceeding one
year?

 
(2) Have you ever been convicted of a crime for which the
possible penalty exceeded was imprisonment for a period
equal to or exceeding one year in prison?

 
(3) Are you a fugitive from justice?

 
(4) Are you an unlawful user of or addicted to marijuana
or any other drug?

 
(5) Have you been adjudged mentally defective or been
committed to a mental institution within the past 5
years? or

 
(6) Are you an illegal alien?

 
Sec. 3. 32 MRSA §8105, sub-§7-A, ¶A, as amended by PL 1987, c. 602, §2,
is further amended to read:

 
A. Has been employed for consideration for a minimum of one
year 1,200 hours within a one-year period as an
investigative assistant possessing a valid license issued by
the commissioner;

 
Sec. 4. 32 MRSA §8113, first ¶, as repealed and replaced by PL 1985, c.
207, §2 and as amended by PL 1999, c. 547, Pt. B, §78 and
affected by §80, is further amended to read:

 
The commissioner may, after a notice of an opportunity for
hearing in conformance with the provisions of the Maine
Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter
IV, refuse to issue or renew a license. The District Court may
suspend or revoke the license of any person licensed under this
chapter. The following shall be are grounds for an action to


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