| | | Sec. B-4. 29-A MRSA §1404, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 617, §1, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Prior convictions. A person convicted of operating under | | the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs or with an | | excessive blood-alcohol level, as defined in section 2453, | | subsection 2, within 10 years of the date the license is issued, | | reissued or returned after a period of suspension bears a coded | | notation of that fact. |
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| | | The Secretary of State may, at the request of a licensee, remove | | the coded notation from the license of a person convicted for a | | first operating-under-the-influence offense as defined in section | | 2453, subsection 2 after 6 years from the date of the conviction | | if the person has not been convicted or adjudicated of the | | offense of speeding more than 15 miles per hour over the maximum | speed limit or any offense described under section 2551 | | subsection 1, paragraph A or had a license suspended or revoked | | within that 6-year period. |
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| | | Sec. B-5. 29-A MRSA §2431, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1997, c. 776, §46, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Statements by accused. A statement by a person as to name | | or date of birth, or the name or date of birth contained on a | | driver's license surrendered by that person, is admissible in a | | proceeding under this Title. |
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| | | A statement of the person's name or date of birth constitutes | | sufficient proof by itself, without further proof of corpus | | delicti. |
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| | | A statement by a defendant that the defendant was the operator of | a motor vehicle is admissible in a proceeding under sections | section 2411, section 2412-A and | | 2557-A or section 2558, if it is made voluntarily and is | | otherwise admissible under the United States Constitution or the | | Constitution of Maine. The statement may constitute sufficient | | proof by itself, without further proof of corpus delicti, that | | the motor vehicle was operated by the defendant. |
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| | | Sec. B-6. 29-A MRSA §2555, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, | | Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, are amended to read: |
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| | | 1. New convictions. Within a 5-year period of the | restoration, the person commits a new offense under section 2551. | | 2551-A, subsection 1, paragraph A; or |
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