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act as the manufacturer's agent and immediately communicate to the
manufacturer the consumer's claim.

 
7. Disclosure at time of resale for failure to make effective
repair. No A motor vehicle which that is returned to the
manufacturer under subsection 2, may not be resold without clear
and conspicuous written disclosure to any subsequent purchaser,
whether that purchaser is a consumer or a dealer, of the
following information:

 
A. That the motor vehicle was returned to the manufacturer
under this chapter;

 
B. That the motor vehicle did not conform to the
manufacturer's express warranties; and

 
C. The ways in which the motor vehicle did not conform to
the manufacturer's express warranties.

 
8.__Disclosure at time of retail sale under settlement
agreement.__A motor vehicle that is surrendered to a manufacturer
as a result of a settlement of a state-certified arbitration
must, at the time that motor vehicle is first offered for retail
sale to the public, be affixed with a clear and conspicuous
written disclosure stating that the vehicle was the subject of a
Maine Lemon Law settlement agreement.

 
Sec. 6. 10 MRSA §1168, sub-§1, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 359,
§8, are amended to read:

 
A. Those warranties shall be are deemed to apply to the
leased motor vehicles; and

 
B. The consumer lessee shall be is deemed to be the first
purchaser of the motor vehicle for the purpose of any
warranty provisions limiting warranty benefits to the
original purchaser.

 
Sec. 7. 10 MRSA §1169, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 212, §4, is
further amended to read:

 
1. Neutral motor vehicle arbitration. All manufacturers
shall submit to state-certified, new car motor vehicle
arbitration if arbitration is requested by the consumer within 2
3 years from the date of original delivery to the consumer of a
new motor vehicle or within the term of the express warranties,
whichever comes first, and the State has accepted the application
as making proper Maine Lemon Law claims. State-certified
arbitration must be performed by one or more neutral arbitrators
selected by the Department of the Attorney General operating in


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