Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §1208, as amended by PL 1995, c. 21, §1 and affected by §2, is further amended by adding after the 4th paragraph a new paragraph to read:

The treasurer of the district shall notify the party named on the sewer lien mortgage and each record holder of a mortgage on the real estate not more than 45 days or less than 30 days before the foreclosing date of the sewer lien mortgage, in a writing signed by the treasurer or bearing the treasurer's facsimile signature and left at the holder's last and usual place of abode or sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the holder's last known address, of the impending automatic foreclosure and indicating the exact date of foreclosure.__For sending this notice, the district is entitled to receive $3 plus all certified mail, return receipt requested, fees.__These costs must be added to and become a part of the amount due.__If notice is not given in the time period specified in this paragraph to the party named on the sewer lien mortgage or to any record holder of a mortgage, the person not receiving timely notice may redeem the sewer lien mortgage until 30 days after the treasurer does provide notice in the manner specified in this paragraph.

SUMMARY

This bill revises the law concerning sewer liens in 2 ways.

1. Current law provides that mobile homes are real estate for purposes of the law and the bill clarifies this provision by stating that the lien must be placed on the mobile home when the mobile home is located on the land of another person and the owner of the mobile home is directly obligated to the sewer district to pay the sewer rate.

2. It requires the district to notify the owner of the real estate subject to a lien prior to foreclosure in the same manner as current law requires a municipality to notify prior to foreclosure the owner of real estate on which a tax lien has been placed.