[¶ 1] Patrick Cote appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Fñtzsche, J.) upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of operating after habitual offender revocation, 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2557 (1996 & Supp.1998), and operating under the influence, 29-A M.R.S.A § 2411 (1996 & Supp.1998). On appeal, Cote contends that his constitutional right to due process of law was violated when the court aрplied 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2411(5)(D) to require the use of two prior refusal suspensions to enhance his OUI conviction to a Class C offense. We disagree and affirm the judgment.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶ 2] On August 13, 1997, Officer Thomas Harriman of the Bridgton Police Department noticed three individuals— Calvin Hartzell, Linda Ashe, and Cote — in a local convenience store. When the cashier refused to sell alcohol to them, Harri-man suspected that the individuals were intoxicated. Because the group had driven into the parking lot in one car, he sought to determine who had been driving. Har-riman ultimately asked the cashier whether she had seen which of the three had driven the car into the parking lot. She identified Cote as the driver. 1
[¶ 3] Cote’s eyеs appeared bloodshot and he admitted consuming “a few beers.” Harriman therefore conducted several field sobriety tests with Cote. When Cote performed poorly on the tests, Harriman arrested him for operating while under the influence of intoxicants and transported him to the Bridgton Police Department in order to conduct a chemical test. After being read the implied consent form, Cote indicated his understanding of its contents, signed the form, and refused to submit to the test.
[¶4] The Cumberland County Grand Jury indicted Cote for operating after habitual motor vehicle offender revocation (Class C), pursuant to 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2557; for OUI (Class C), pursuant to 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2411; and for illegal attachment of platеs (Class E), pursuant to 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2104 (1996 & Supp.1998). At the time of his arrest, Cote’s license was revoked as a result of a prior habitual offender conviction and, on two prior occasions, his license had been suspended when he refused to submit to a chemical test. See 29-A M.R.S.A § 2521(5) & (6) (1996 & Supp.1998).
*264 [¶ 5] Cote filed a motion challenging the classification of his OUI charge as a Class C crime, contending that enhancing an OUI charge to a Class C crime because of two prior refusal suspensions violated his right to due process. 2 The court denied the motion.
[¶ 6] The State dismissed the charge of illegal attachment of plates, and a jury subsequently convicted Cote of OUI and for operating after habitual motor vehicle offender revocatiоn. On the Class C OUI conviction, the Superior Court sentenced Cote to four years in prison, a $2400 fine, and a six-year license suspension. 3
II. DISCUSSION
[¶ 7] Cote contends that the court violated his constitutional right to due process of law by applying 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2411(5)(D) to require the use of his two prior refusal suspensions in order to enhance his OUI conviction to a Class C offense. 4 He argues that such a use violates his right to due process because the implied consent form failed to inform him, prior to his refusal, that the refusal had ramifications beyond those specifically enumerated in the form.
[¶ 8] By statute, law enforcement officials must inform a suspect that a refusal to submit to and complete the test will:
A. Result in suspension of that person’s driver’s license for a period of up to 6 years;
B. Be admissible in evidence at a trial for operating under the influence of intoxicants; and
C. Be considered an aggravating factor at sentencing if the person is convicted of operating under the influence of intoxicants that, in addition to other penalties, will subject thе person to a mandatory minimum period of incarceration.
29-A M.R.S.A. § 2521(3) (Supp.1998) (emphasis added). The implied consent form read to Cote contained each of these warnings.
[¶9] It is evident that the warnings, while alerting the individual to possible grave consequences of a refusal to take the test, do not explicitly inform a suspect that a refusal to submit to a chemical test can be used to enhance a future OUI conviction to a felony. Because Cote did not dispute the determination that he refused to take the test or that he did receive the warnings, his contention must be understood as an assertion that his refusal can *265 not be used against him for any purpose not disclosed in the warnings.
[¶ 10] It has never been held that a defendant has a constitutional right to a warning of all possible consequences of refusing to submit to a chemical test.
See South Dakota v. Neville,
[¶ 11] Although we have not recognized a rigid constitutional protection for unwarned ramifications of refusing to submit to a chemical test, we do review the procedures used by the government in order to determine whether those procedures violate the defendant’s due process rights through “conduct that offends the community’s sense of justice, decency, and fair play.”
Roberts v. State of Maine,
[¶ 12] Thе now familiar test for determining whether a state action violates a citizen’s right to due process under the constitution is set out in
Mathews v. Eldridge,
[¶ 13] The private interest asserted here is best described as the defendant’s right to be informed of the consequences of his actions before deciding what action to take. The consequences of Cote’s refusing to submit to a chemical test may result in an increased jail sentence for future OUI convictions. Although that consequence implicates Cote’s liberty interests and is worthy of due process consideration,
see generally United States v. Salerno,
[¶ 14] With respect to the risk of an erroneous deprivation of Cote’s liberty interest, failing to warn Cote of the potential cоnsequences of refusing to submit to a chemical test will certainly not increase the risk that he will be convicted of OUI in the future. The absence of a complete listing of all possible ramifications of refusal, however, may subject him to the risk of future penalties for a past refusal that, at the time of the future criminal activity, cannot be undone. 7 We must therefore balance his interest in avoiding heavier penalties for future criminal behavior against the State’s interest in the existing procedure.
[¶ 15] To avoid the risk that Cote would suffer consequences of which he was not informed, the State would be required to change the warnings provided to suspects prior to administеring a chemical test each time a new consequence presented itself. The State’s interest in avoiding that administrative burden outweighs Cote’s interest in being notified of every potential consequence of refusal.
[¶ 16] In addition to the administrative burden on the State, articulating every possible consequence of refusal would frustrаte the legislative purpose of the statute. The implied-consent statute is designed to promote consensual searches and seizures, “thereby deterring the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated persons and promoting highway safety.”
State v. Chisholm,
[¶ 17] Accordingly, the failure to warn a defendant of every possible consequence of his decision does not rise to thе level of a due process violation when the defendant is sufficiently warned that his refusal will have significant negative consequences.
[¶ 18] We also reject Cote’s inference that there were special circumstances here that rendered his decision to refuse the test unfair. When the warnings
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themselves or the actions or stаtements of law enforcement officials affirmatively and significantly mislead a driver, the driver’s right to due process may be violated. In
South Dakota v. Neville,
the Supreme Court concluded that failing to warn the defendant that refusal could be used as evidence against him at trial did not violate due process because the warnings provided by the officer did not assure the defendant that he would be subject to no other consequences than those mentioned.
See
[¶ 19] Cote does not assert that any false or misleading information was given to him at the time he chose not to submit to the chemical test. Rather, he merely asserts that the warning he did receive did not contain all possible consequences of his refusal, both immediate and prospective. 8
[¶ 20] The form read to Cote, however, warned that
“in addition to other penalties,”
refusing to submit will subject him to a minimum period of incarceration. While the reference to other penalties may be understood to apply to penalties to be imposed along with the incarceration for the instant offense, it unmistakably alerts the driver to the existence of undisclosed but serious collateral consequences. Thus, faced with the choice of whether to submit to a chemical test, Cote could not help but be aware that refusing to take the test was not a “safe harbor” and could have serious repercussions.
See Neville,
[¶21] We find no violation of Cote’s right to due process of law in the use of the refusal suspension to enhance his recent OUI conviction to a Class C crime. The other issues raised by Cote do not merit discussion.
The entry is:
Judgment affirmed.
Notes
. Cote was tried twice for OUI. At the first trial, Hartzell did not testify. The jury was unable to reach a verdict, and the court declared a mistrial. At the second trial, Hart-zell testified that he was sitting in the front passenger’s seаt of Cote’s car when it entered the convenience store parking lot. Although he could not recall whether Cote or Ashe was driving, Hartzell testified that Cote subsequently admitted that he was the driver.
. "[A] person having 3 or more previous OUI offenses within a 10-year period,” is guilty of a Class C crime. See 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2411(5)(D). An OUI offense is defined as any “OUI conviction or suspension for failure to submit to a test.” 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2401(11) (1996). A Class C OUI conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $2000; a period of incarceration of not less than six months; a six-year license suspension; and a court ordered suspension of the right to register an automobile. See 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2411(5)(D). Because Cote refused to submit to a breath test, the current OUI offense is aggravated to a fine of not less than $2400 and a period of incarceration not less than 6 months and 20 days. See id. If Cote’s two previous refusal suspensions were not considered OUI offenses, he would be guilty of only a Class D offense, punishable by a fine not less than $800 and a period of incarceration not less than 12 days. See 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2411(5)(B).
. Cote was sentenced concurrently to four years in prison for his habitual offender conviction. The severity of his sentence reflected his extensive record of motor vehicle related offenses. In addition to two refusal suspensions and one OUI conviction, Cote has four previous habitual offender convictions. At sentencing, the court noted that "unless [Cote] chаnges his ways, [he] is likely to kill himself or kill somebody else in an accident.”
. Cote does not argue that his rights were violated because his previous refusal suspensions were uncounselled.
See State v. Cook,
.
Accord People v. Wegielnik,
. The Due Process Clauses of the Maine and federal constitutions prohibit deprivations of "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” Me. Const, art. 1, § 6-A; U.S. Const, amend. XIV, § 1. Due process concepts embodied in the Maine Constitution provide no greater protection to individuals than do those concepts сontained within the United States Constitution.
See State v. Anderson,
. Drivers are not without recourse if an erroneous determination of refusal is made. Any driver determined to have refused a test is afforded an opportunity to challenge the refusal suspension at an administrative hearing. A person whose license has been suspended for refusing to take a breаth test has the right to a hearing within 30 days of the notification of suspension. See 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2483 (1996). The hearing officer must consider, inter alia, whether the law enforcement official had probable cause to believe the person operated under the influence of intoxicants, whether the police officer read the implied consent form, and whethеr the person failed to submit to the test. See 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2521(8). Under certain circumstances, the defendant may have the record expunged to eliminate any reference to a refusal. See 29-A M.R.S.A. §§ 2485(3) (1996), 2521(7).
. Cote’s apparent reliance on the First Circuit’s opinion in
Roberts v. State of Maine,