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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Special Session of the 118th

CHAPTER 205
S.P. 338 - L.D. 1116

An Act to Prevent Discrimination

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

     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, sexual orientation, 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, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, ancestry or national origin; and to prevent discrimination in education on account of sex or physical or mental disability.

     Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §4553, sub-§9-C is enacted to read:

     9-C. Sexual orientation. "Sexual orientation" means having a preference for heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality, having a history of that preference or being identified with that preference.

     Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §4553, sub-§10, ¶E, as amended by PL 1983, c. 578, §2, is further amended to read:

     Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §4553, sub-§10, ¶F, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 578, §2, is amended to read:

     Sec. 5. 5 MRSA §4553, sub-§10, ¶G is enacted to read:


ration, association or organization is exempt from these provisions.

Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.

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