An Act To Promote the Safety of Deaf or Hard-of-hearing Drivers
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §1404, as amended by PL 2005, c. 606, Pt. B, §4, is further amended to read:
§ 1404. Coded licenses
The Secretary of State shall provide that a license issued to:
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-A, subsection 1, paragraph A or had a license suspended or revoked within that 6-year period . ; and
summary
This bill requires the Secretary of State, for a person who has documentation from a physician that the person is deaf or hard-of-hearing, to place a coded notation of that fact on that person's license.