| | | When the entity can demonstrate that the removal of a | | barrier under this paragraph is not readily achievable, a | | failure to make the goods, services, facilities, privileges, | | advantages or accommodations available through alternative | | methods if alternative methods are readily achievable; and |
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| | | E. A qualified individual with a disability, by reason of | | that disability, being excluded from participation in or | | being denied the benefits of the services, programs or | | activities of a public entity, or being subjected to | | discrimination by any such entity; |
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| | | 2. Communication, notice or advertisement. For any person to | | directly or indirectly publish, display or communicate any notice | | or advertisement to the effect that any of the accommodations, | | advantages, facilities and privileges of any place of public | | accommodation are refused, withheld from or denied to any person | | on account of race or color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or | | mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin, or that | | the patronage or custom of any person belonging to or purporting | | to be of any particular race or color, sex, sexual orientation, | | physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national | | origin is unwelcome, objectionable or not acceptable, desired or | | solicited, or that the clientele is restricted to any particular | | race or color, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, | | religion, ancestry or national 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| | | Sec. 18. 5 MRSA §4595, as repealed and replaced by PL 1975, c. 770, | | §40, is amended to read: |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 | | 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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