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LR 1087
Item 1

 
Sec. A-3. Legislative intent. This Act is the Maine enactment of the
Uniform Commercial Code, Article 9 as revised by the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. The text of the
uniform act has been changed to conform to Maine statutory
conventions and the article is enacted as Article 9-A. Unless
otherwise noted in a Maine comment, the changes are technical in
nature and it is the intent of the Legislature that this Act be
interpreted as substantively the same as the revised Article 9 of
the uniform act.

 
Sec. A-4. Effective date. This Part takes effect July 1, 2001.

 
PART B

 
Sec. B-1. 11 MRSA §1-105, sub-§(2), as amended by PL 1997, c. 429, Pt.
C, §2, is further amended to read:

 
(2) When one of the following provisions of this Title
specifies the applicable law, that provision governs a contrary
agreement only to the extent permitted by the law (including the
conflict of laws rules) so specified:

 
Rights of creditors against sold goods. Section 2-402.

 
Applicability of the Article on Leases. Sections 2-1105 and
2-1106.

 
Applicability of the Article on Bank Deposits and
Collections. Section 4-102.

 
Governing law in the Article on Funds Transfers. Section 4-
1507.

 
Letters of Credit. Section 5-1116.

 
Applicability of the Article on Investment Securities.
Section 8-1110.

 
Perfection provisions of the Article on Secured
Transactions. Section 9-103.

 
Law governing perfection, the effect of perfection or
nonperfection and the priority of security interests and
agricultural liens.__Sections 9-1301 to 9-1307.

 
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