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An Act To Include Operating a Motor Vehicle in a Parking Area in the Law Regarding Operating after Habitual Offender Revocation
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §2557-A, sub-§1, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 606, Pt. A, §11, is amended to read:
 
A. Operates a motor vehicle on a public way, as defined in Title 17-A, section 505, subsection 2, or in a parking area when that person's license to operate a motor vehicle has been revoked under this subchapter or former Title 29, chapter 18-A and that person:
 
(1) Has received written notice of the revocation from the Secretary of State;
 
(2) Has been orally informed of the revocation by a law enforcement officer;
 
(3) Has actual knowledge of the revocation; or
 
(4) Is a person to whom written notice was sent in accordance with section 2482 or former Title 29, section 2241, subsection 4; or
 
SUMMARY
Current law provides that a person commits the crime of operating after habitual offender revocation if that person operates a motor vehicle on a public way when that person's license to operate a motor vehicle has been revoked under certain circumstances. This bill provides that a person also commits the crime of operating after habitual offender revocation if that person operates a motor vehicle in a parking area when that person's license to operate a motor vehicle has been revoked under certain circumstances.