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cause, except that sex offenders and sexually violent predators
convicted from June 30, 1992 to September 17, 1999 may not raise a
defense under just cause that they were not aware of the
registration requirement.

 
PART U

 
Sec. U-1. 35-A MRSA §703, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1987, c. 490, Pt.
A, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
4.__Penalties.__The following penalties apply to violations of
this section.

 
A.__A person who violates this section by knowingly
soliciting, accepting or receiving an unlawful preference
from a utility commits a civil violation for which a fine of
not more than $1,000 must be adjudged for each offense.

 
B.__A public utility that offers or grants an unlawful
preference commits a civil violation for which a fine of not
more than $1,000 may be adjudged for each offense.

 
Sec. U-2. 35-A MRSA §7701, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt.
A, §6, is amended to read:

 
2. Offense. A person is guilty of unlawful interference with
a party line if he that person:

 
A. Willfully Intentionally or knowingly refuses to
surrender the use of a party line to another person in
accordance with subsection 1; or

 
B. Requests the use of a party line on pretext that an
emergency exists, knowing that an emergency does not exist.

 
PART V

 
Sec. V-1. 36 MRSA §184, as amended by PL 1989, c. 880, Pt. D, §1,
is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
§184.__Criminal offenses

 
1.__Failure to collect, account for or pay over tax.__A person
who is required under this Title to collect, truthfully account
for and pay over any tax imposed by this Title and who
intentionally fails to collect or truthfully account for or pay


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