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obstructing or encumbering by fences, buildings or otherwise of | highways, private ways, streets, alleys, commons, common landing | places or burying grounds are nuisances within the limitations and | exceptions mentioned. Any places where one or more old, discarded, | worn-out or junked motor vehicles as defined in Title 29-A, section | 101, subsection 42, or parts thereof, are gathered together, kept, | deposited or allowed to accumulate, in such manner or in such | location or situation either within or without the limits of any | highway, as to be unsightly, detracting from the natural scenery or | injurious to the comfort and happiness of individuals and the | public, and injurious to property rights, are public nuisances. |
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| | Sec. A-12. 18-A MRSA §5-601, sub-§(b), as amended by PL 1995, c. 560, | Pt. K, §4 and affected by §83 and amended by PL 2001, c. 354, §3, | is further amended to read: |
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| | (b) The Department of Behavioral and Developmental Health and | Human Services shall act as the public guardian or conservator | for persons with mental retardation and the Department of Human | Services shall act as the public guardian or conservator for | other incapacitated persons in need of protective services. |
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| | Sec. A-13. 18-A MRSA §5-613, sub-§(1), as amended by PL 1995, c. 560, | Pt. K, §6 and affected by §83; amended by PL 2001, c. 354, §3; | and amended by PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §6, is further amended to | read: |
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| | (1) When the following occur, the costs of the guardian ad | litem or any other special costs may be paid by the Department of | Health and Human Services, within the limits of the department's | budget, if the person involved is mentally retarded, and the | costs may, in all other cases, be paid by the Department of | Health and Human Services, within the limits of the department's | budget: |
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| (a) An allegedly incapacitated person is in need of | protective services and: |
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| (1) A guardian ad litem is appointed under the provisions | of this Code; or |
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| (2) A court incurs special costs in a proceeding | concerning such a person; and |
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| (b) Appointment of a public guardian or conservator is | sought or the allegedly incapacitated person, within 3 | months prior to the filing of the petition: |
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