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§2502
Title 29-A: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 23: MAJOR OFFENSES - SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION
Subchapter 3: ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS
Article 4: SPECIAL LICENSES
§2504

§2503. Work-restricted license

1.  Administrative suspension; work-restricted license.  On receipt of a petition for a work-restricted license from a person under suspension pursuant to section 2453, section 2453‑A or section 2472, subsection 3, paragraph B or C for a first offense, the Secretary of State may stay a suspension during the statutory suspension period and issue a work-restricted license, if the petitioner shows by clear and convincing evidence that:  
A. As determined by the Secretary of State, a license is necessary to operate a motor vehicle:  
(1) Between the residence and a place of employment or in the scope of employment, or both; or  
(2) Between the residence and an educational facility attended by the petitioner if the suspension is under section 2472, subsection 3, paragraph B or C for a first offense;   [PL 2011, c. 335, §12 (AMD).]
B. No alternative means of transportation is available; and   [PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
C. The petitioner has not, within 10 years, been under suspension for an OUI offense or pursuant to section 2453 or 2453‑A.   [PL 2011, c. 335, §12 (AMD).]
[PL 2011, c. 335, §12 (AMD).]
2.  Suspension.  The Secretary of State shall suspend, without preliminary hearing, the work-restricted license of a person who:  
A. Is adjudicated or convicted of any violation of the provisions of this Title committed during the period when a work-restricted license has been issued;   [PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
B. Violates any restriction or condition of the license; or   [PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
C. Has not completed the alcohol and drug program by the end of the statutory suspension period.   [PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
[PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. B, §5 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 683, §A2 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 683, §B5 (AFF). PL 1995, c. 368, §AAA25 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 737, §21 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 335, §12 (AMD).
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