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LR 1638
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L.__Tax preparation;

 
M.__Financial accounting, financial management and
investment counseling;

 
N.__Office and business machine repair;

 
O.__Sign construction and installation;

 
P.__Food catering and institutional food preparation and
delivery; and

 
Q.__Photocopying and document preparation and delivery.

 
"Business services" does not include construction services.

 
1-C.__Construction services.__"Construction services" means
services provided in this State to the general public by a person
engaged in the activity of building.__"Activity of building"
means an activity pertaining to any building, highway, road,
railroad, excavation, manufactured building or other structure
and involves any act of construction, alteration, repair,
substantial maintenance, improvement, movement or demolition, or
the construction of scaffolding or other structures or work
related to the activity of building.__"Construction services"
includes, but is not limited to, the services typically provided
by building contractors, road and driveway contractors, concrete
contractors, excavators, carpenters, masons, electricians,
plumbers, roofers, siding applicators and house painters.

 
Sec. D-6. 36 MRSA §2551, sub-§§5-A and 5-B are enacted to read:

 
5-A.__Legal services.__"Legal services" means professional
services provided by an attorney-at-law and that attorney's
support staff.

 
5-B.__Licensed professional services.__"Licensed professional
services" means services provided in this State to the general
public by a person holding a certificate, license, registration
or other formal permission to perform, provide or practice the
service in this State, and that certificate, license,
registration or other formal permission is characteristically
granted only when the person has obtained advanced education or
specialized training.__"Licensed professional services" includes,
without limitation, such services as:

 
A.__Lobbying;


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