CHAPTER 7

H.P. 183 - L.D. 244

An Act To Standardize Water Lien Provisions

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §6111, as corrected by RR 1991, c. 1, §49, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 35-A MRSA §6111-A is enacted to read:

§6111-A.__Liens for unpaid rates; multiunit residential

rental property

1.__Liens for unpaid rates; consumer-owned water utilities.__A consumer-owned water utility has a lien on real estate served by that consumer-owned water utility to secure the payment of unpaid rates.

2.__Rental property; water utilities.__Notwithstanding section 706, when a landlord has applied for and is granted water utility service to a multiunit residential rental property, the water utility has a lien on the property and on any interest the landlord has in the multiunit residential rental property to secure payment for the water utility's service to that property with costs and with interest at a rate not to exceed the highest lawful rate set by the Treasurer of State for municipal taxes.

3.__Method and procedure.__The method for obtaining, enforcing and receiving payment on a lien created under this section must be performed in the same manner and has the same