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LR 2488
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Sec. 7. 29-A MRSA §2458, sub-§2, ¶T, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 433, §24
and affected by §28, is amended to read:

 
T. Has failed to comply with the provisions of Title 36,
chapter 457 or 459; or

 
Sec. 8. 29-A MRSA §2458, sub-§2, ¶U, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 433, §24
and affected by §28, is amended to read:

 
U. Has failed to provide the information required in
section 401, subsection 2.; or

 
Sec. 9. 29-A MRSA §2458, sub-§2, ¶V is enacted to read:

 
V.__Has had 3 or more license suspensions within a 3-year
period.__For purposes of this paragraph, a suspension has
occurred within a 3-year period if the date of the
suspension is 3 years or less from the date of the new
conduct that is penalized.

 
Sec. 10. 29-A MRSA §2464 is enacted to read:

 
§2464.__Contributing to accident after suspension or revocation

 
1.__Accident involving injury; penalty.__A person who, while
knowingly operating with a suspended or revoked license, is
involved in an accident that results in bodily injury to another
person, regardless of fault, commits a Class C crime.__The
minimum sentence of imprisonment, which may not be suspended, is
3 years.__For purposes of this subsection, "bodily injury" has
the same meaning as in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 5.

 
2.__Accident involving death; penalty.__Except in the case of
a violation of section 2454 or 2456, a person who, while
knowingly operating with a suspended or revoked license, is
involved in an accident that results in the death of another
person, regardless of fault, commits a Class B crime.__The
minimum sentence of imprisonment, which may not be suspended, is
5 years.

 
3.__License suspension. The Secretary of State shall
immediately suspend the license of a person who violates
subsection 1 or 2.__Notwithstanding any provision of law that
imposes a period of license suspension shorter than that
specified in this subsection, a person who violates this section
is subject to the following period of license suspension:

 
A.__For a violation of subsection 1, 5 years; and


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