Public Laws

Chapter 628

H.P. 1584 - L.D. 2218

PART C

Sec. C-1. Review and report. The Department of Environmental Protection, the Maine State Housing Authority and the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, jointly referred to in this section as "the agencies," shall review the following issues related to achieving housing safe from lead hazards and the elimination of childhood lead poisoning. The agencies shall report by January 1, 2009 and may make recommendations regarding achieving lead-safe housing and eliminating lead poisoning with proposed legislation to the joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services matters and natural resources matters.

1. The agencies shall review and make recommendations on resources and incentives to promote housing that is lead-safe, as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 1291, subsection 19-A, including the lead poisoning prevention fee established in Title 22, section 1322-F and lead-safe renovation notification and work practice requirements.

2. The agencies shall review and make recommendations concerning the establishment of a requirement to ensure that every leased residential dwelling is maintained as lead-safe, including routine maintenance and owner self-inspection requirements, and the inclusion of such a requirement under a warranty of habitability.

3. The agencies shall review and make recommendations concerning the establishment of a requirement that the owner of a residential property built before 1978 subject the property to a lead inspection and provide a copy of the lead inspection report to any prospective buyer prior to transfer of the property to a new owner and the capacity of qualified lead professionals to perform this work.

4. The agencies shall review ways to fully implement and enforce lead poisoning prevention programs established by statute and make recommendations to eliminate lead paint and lead poisoning risks in the State.