| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §159-A, sub-§4, ¶¶B and C, as amended by PL 1995, c. | 566, §1, are further amended to read: |
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| B. For an injury suffered in any case where when permission | to pursue any recreational or harvesting activities was | granted for a consideration other than the consideration, if | any, paid to the following: |
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| (1) The landowner or the landowner's agent by the | State; or |
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| (2) The landowner or the landowner's agent for use of | the premises on which the injury was suffered, as long | as the premises are not used primarily for commercial | recreational purposes and as long as the user has not | been granted the exclusive right to make use of the | premises for recreational activities; or |
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| C. For an injury caused, by acts of persons to whom | permission to pursue any recreational or harvesting | activities was granted, to other persons to whom the person | granting permission, or the owner, lessee, manager, holder | of an easement or occupant of the premises, owed a duty to | keep the premises safe or to warn of danger. ; or |
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| | Sec. 2. 14 MRSA §159-A, sub-§4, ¶D is enacted to read: |
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| D.__For an injury caused to a person who has been invited | onto the premises by the owner, lessee, manager, holder of | an easement or occupant. |
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| | This bill clarifies that the limit on liability for | recreational or harvesting activities does not apply to a person | who has been invited onto the premises. |
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