| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4592, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 393, §23, | is further amended to read: |
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| B. That contains no more than 5 10 rooms available to be | let to lodgers; and |
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| | Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §3802, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, | §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. | 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read: |
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| | 2. Overcharge liability. No keeper may charge or collect a | sum greater than the rate shown in the posted schedule. Any | keeper who charges or collects more than the rate shown in the | posted schedule is liable to the person so charged or who paid | the bill in an amount equal to 3 times the total amount of the | bill collected minus the rate shown in the posted schedule. |
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| | Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §3821, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, | Pt. A, §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; | and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, are further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Register of guests. Every A person conducting any a hotel | or lodging house shall may have a register kept and maintained in | the hotel or lodging house at all times. The and may require | that the name of every guest or person renting or occupying a | room or rooms in the hotel or lodging house shall be written in | the register. The person renting the room or rooms, or someone | under that person's direction, shall sign the register, if | required. The proprietor of the hotel or lodging house, or the | proprietor's agent, shall then write the number of each room | assigned to and occupied by each guest, together with the date | that room is rented, opposite the name or names so registered. |
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| | 2. Record of departures. The proprietor or the proprietor's | agent shall may keep and maintain a record showing the date when | the occupant of each room surrenders the room. This record may | be made a part of the register. |
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| | Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §3822, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1995, c. 88, §2, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Registration. All persons occupying a room or rooms in a | hotel or lodging house must may be required to register or have | themselves registered in the hotel or lodging house register. | The innkeeper may require the registering guest to produce a | valid driver's license, or other identification satisfactory to |
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