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| | | An Act To Prohibit Unfair Charges in Mobile Home Parks |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §9097, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1993, c. 180, §1, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Fees. The owner of a mobile home park or the owner's | | agents may not charge any fees to tenants other than charges for | | rent, utilities, reasonable incidental service charges, entrance | | fees or security deposits, unless otherwise provided for in the | | original lease or agreement. The owner of a mobile home park or | | the owner's agents may not charge any entrance fee, regardless of | | what that fee is called, to a tenant who is moving into a mobile | | home currently in the mobile home park that is greater than 2 | | times the amount of the monthly rent. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §9097-C is enacted to read: |
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| | | §9097-C.__Penalties for late payment of rent |
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| | | The owner of a mobile home park or the owner's agents may | | assess a penalty against a tenant for late payment of rent under | | this section. |
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| | | 1.__Late payment.__A payment of rent is late if it is not made | | within 15 days from the time the payment is due. |
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