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LD 1753 Title Page An Act To Set a Maximum on Penalties Imposed for Licensing Violations by Eating... LD 1753 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2498, sub-§1, śC, as amended by PL 2003, c. 673, Pt.
X, §3, is further amended to read:

 
C. Any person, corporation, firm or copartnership that
operates any eating establishment, eating and lodging place,
lodging place, recreational camp or camping area without
first obtaining a license as required by this chapter must
be punished, upon conviction adjudication of unlicensed
operation, by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than
$200, and upon a 2nd or subsequent conviction, adjudication
of unlicensed operation must be punished by a fine of not
less than $200 nor more than $500. Each day any such
person, corporation, firm or copartnership operates without
obtaining a license constitutes a separate offense.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill sets a maximum on the penalty that may be imposed by
the Department of Health and Human Services on any eating
establishment, eating and lodging place, lodging place,
recreational camp or camping area that operates without the
required license upon a 2nd or subsequent adjudication finding of
unlicensed operation.


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