‘An Act To Improve Awareness of Smoking Policies in Maine Rental Housing’
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First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number H-276, Sponsored by
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LR 827 Item 2 |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Improve Awareness of Smoking Policies in Maine Rental Housing’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6030-E is enacted to read:
§ 6030-E. Smoking policy
(1) Disclosing the smoking policy in a written lease agreement; or
(2) Providing a separate written notice to a tenant or potential tenant entering into a tenancy at will agreement.
summary
This amendment changes the title and replaces the bill. The amendment requires that landlords disclose the policy pertaining to smoking on the premises to all tenants or potential tenants. The amendment requires the landlord to provide notice as part of a lease agreement or through a separate written notice to those tenants or potential tenants entering into a tenancy at will agreement.
The amendment removes the requirement in the bill that the landlord provide notice using a form developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention through rules. The amendment removes the penalty provision in the bill and clarifies that the failure by a landlord to provide disclosure of the smoking policy as required does not create grounds for a private cause of action by a tenant against a landlord. The amendment clarifies that a tenant may not use a violation of a smoking policy by another tenant as the basis for a private cause of action against a landlord. The amendment also removes the section of the bill requiring disclosure of smoking policies to purchasers of condominiums.