HP1082
LD 1473
First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature
C "A", Filing Number H-440, Sponsored by
LR 693
Item 2
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the following:

Sec. 1. 33 MRSA §469-A, sub-§§1 and 2,  as enacted by PL 1987, c. 385, §4, are amended to read:

1. Reservation of title.   Any conveyance made before the effective date of this section which September 29, 1987 that conveyed land abutting upon a proposed, unaccepted way laid out on a subdivision plan recorded in the registry of deeds shall be is deemed to have conveyed all of the grantor's interest in the portion of the way which that abuts the land conveyed, unless the grantor expressly reserved his the grantor's title to the way by a specific reference to this reservation in the conveyance of the land.
2. Intent to reserve.   Any grantor who, before the effective date of this section September 29, 1987, conveyed land abutting a proposed, unaccepted way laid out on a subdivision plan recorded in the registry of deeds with the intent to reserve title to the way, but who did not expressly reserve title to the way as required in subsection 1, or any person who claims title to the way by, through or under the grantor, may preserve the grantor's claim by recording the notice set forth in subsection 3, in the registry of deeds where the pertinent subdivision plan is recorded, within 2 years after the effective date of this section September 29, 1987.’

Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.

SUMMARY

This amendment inserts into the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 33, section 469-A the actual effective date of Public Law 1987, chapter 385, which originally enacted section 469-A, to make explicit the proper application of that section.


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