Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4552, as amended by PL 1993, c. 327, §1, is further amended to read:

§4552. Policy

To protect the public health, safety and welfare, it is declared to be the policy of this State to keep continually in review all practices infringing on the basic human right to a life with dignity, and the causes of these practices, so that corrective measures may, where possible, be promptly recommended and implemented, and to prevent discrimination in employment, housing or access to public accommodations on account of race, color, sex, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin; and in employment, discrimination on account of age or because of the previous assertion of a claim or right under former Title 39 or Title 39-A and in housing because of familial status; and to prevent discrimination in the extension of credit on account of age, race, color, sex, marital status, religion, ancestry or national origin; and to prevent discrimination in education on account of sex or physical or mental disability; and to prevent damage to the public interest by business corporations.

Sec. 2. 5 MRSA c. 337, sub-c. 5-C is enacted to read:

SUBCHAPTER 5-C

RIGHT TO BE PROTECTED FROM CORPORATE

DAMAGE TO THE PUBLIC INTEREST

§4606.__Damage to public interest; liability

1.__Civil liability actions for damage caused to public interest.__If a corporation formed under Title 13-C is alleged to have caused damage to the public interest, any person injured by such action may, either in law or in equity, sue either:

A.__The corporation; or

B.__Any person who was a director of the corporation either at the time that:

(1)__The damage occurred; or

(2)__The board of directors approved the corporate action that led directly to such damage.