| | 1. This section incorporates the abandonment provisions | within sections 10313(7), 10406(5) and 10502(8) of the Revised | Maine Securities Act, which had no counterparts in the model | Uniform Securities Act. |
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| §16701.__Effective date.__This chapter takes effect January 1, | 2006. |
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| | The application of this chapter to existing proceedings and | existing rights and duties is described in this section. |
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| | 1.__Applicability of predecessor act to pending proceedings | and existing rights.__The predecessor act exclusively governs all | actions or proceedings that are pending on the effective date of | this chapter or may be instituted on the basis of conduct | occurring before the effective date of this chapter, but a civil | action may not be maintained to enforce any liability under the | predecessor act unless instituted within any period of limitation | that applied when the cause of action accrued or within 5 years | after the effective date of this chapter, whichever is earlier. |
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| | 2.__Continued effectiveness under predecessor act.__All | effective licenses and registrations under any predecessor act, | all administrative orders relating to the registrations, rules, | statements of policy, interpretative opinions, declaratory | rulings, no action determinations and conditions imposed on the | licenses and registrations under any predecessor act remain in | effect while they would have remained in effect if this chapter | had not been enacted. They are considered to have been filed, | issued or imposed under this chapter, but are exclusively | governed by that predecessor act. |
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| | 3.__Applicability of predecessor act to offers or sales. The | predecessor act exclusively applies to an offer or sale made | within one year after the effective date of this chapter pursuant | to an offering made in good faith before the effective date of | this chapter on the basis of an exemption available under the | predecessor act. |
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| | Prior Provisions: 1956 Act Section 418; RUSA Section 807. |
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