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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 13 MRSA §1101-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 700, §2, is
amended to read:

 
§1101-A. Definitions

 
As used in this article, unless the context otherwise
indicates, the following term has terms have the following
meaning meanings.

 
1. Ancient burying ground. "Ancient burying ground" means a
private cemetery established before 1880.

 
2. Columbarium.__"Columbarium" means a structure or room or
space in a mausoleum or other building containing niches or
recesses for disposition of cremated human remains.

 
3.__Community mausoleum.__"Community mausoleum" means an
aboveground structure designed for entombment of human remains of
the general public, as opposed to the entombment of the remains
of family members in a privately owned, family mausoleum.

 
Sec. 2. 13 MRSA §1341, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 620, §1, is
amended to read:

 
1. Mausoleum, crematory or other structure. A community
mausoleum, community crematory or other community structure that
holds or contains dead human bodies may only be erected in a
cemetery that is at least 20 acres in size and has been in
existence and used for burial for at least 2 years preceding the
erection of the structure.

 
Sec. 3. 22 MRSA §1319-C, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 276, §10,
is amended to read:

 
1. Annual screening required. The department shall require a
day child care center facility and a home child care provider as
defined in chapter 1673 and a nursery school as defined in
chapter 1675 to have an annual screening for potential lead
hazards. If potential lead hazards are identified, a full lead
inspection must be conducted.

 
Sec. 4. 22 MRSA §1319-C, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

 
1-A.__Lead-safe status.__A facility found to have lead hazards
shall abate or remediate the hazards to at least a lead-safe
status.


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