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| | | An Act To Prevent Lead Poisoning of Children and Adults |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §§1322-E and 1322-F are enacted to read: |
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| | | §1322-E.__Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund |
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| | | 1.__Fund established.__The Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund, | | referred to in this section as "the fund," is established within | | the department as a nonlapsing fund for the purposes specified in | | this section. |
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| | | 2.__Sources of fund.__The fund is funded from all fees | | collected under section 1322-F and from other funds accepted by | | the commissioner or allocated or appropriated by the Legislature. |
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| | | 3.__Prevention purposes.__Allocations from the fund must be | | made for the following purposes: |
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| | | A.__Contracts for funding community and worker educational | | outreach programs to enable the public to identify lead | | hazards and take precautionary actions to prevent exposure | | to lead; |
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| | | B.__An ongoing major media campaign to fulfill the purposes | | of the educational and publicity program required by section | | 1317-B; |
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| | | C.__Measures to prevent children's exposure to lead, including | | targeted educational mailings to families with children that | | occupy dwellings built prior to 1978 with |
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