| origin. The production of any communication, notice or | advertisement purporting to relate to any place of accommodation | is presumptive evidence in any action that the action was | authorized by its owner, manager or proprietor; |
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| | Sec. 18. 5 MRSA §4595, as repealed and replaced by PL 1975, c. 770, | §40, is amended to read: |
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| §4595. Right to freedom from discrimination solely on basis |
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| of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital |
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| status, ancestry, religion or national origin in any |
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| | The opportunity for every individual to be extended credit | without discrimination solely because of any one or more of the | following factors: Age age; race; color; sex; sexual orientation; | marital status; ancestry; religion or national origin is | recognized as and declared to be a civil right. |
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| | Sec. 19. 5 MRSA §4596, as repealed and replaced by PL 1975, c. 770, | §41, is amended to read: |
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| §4596. Unlawful credit extension discrimination |
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| | It shall be is unlawful credit discrimination for any creditor | to refuse the extension of credit to any person solely on the | basis of any one or more of the following factors: Age age; race; | color; sex; sexual orientation; marital status; ancestry; | religion or national origin in any credit transaction. It shall | is not be unlawful credit discrimination to comply with the terms | and conditions of any bona fide group credit life, accident and | health insurance plan, for a financial institution extending | credit to a married person to require both the husband and the | wife to sign a note and a mortgage and to deny credit to persons | under the age of 18 or to consider a person's age in determining | the terms upon which credit will be extended. |
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| | Sec. 20. 5 MRSA §4601, as repealed and replaced by PL 1991, c. 824, | Pt. A, §4, is amended to read: |
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| §4601. Right to freedom from discrimination in education |
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| | The opportunity for an individual at an educational | institution to participate in all educational, counseling and | vocational guidance programs and all apprenticeship and on-the- | job training programs without discrimination because of sex, | sexual orientation, a physical or mental disability, national | origin or race is recognized and declared to be a civil right. |
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