CHAPTER 564
S.P. 271 - L.D. 816
An Act To Replace the Common Enemy Rule with Regard to Changing the Flow of Surface Water
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §2808 is enacted to read:
§2808. Alteration of surface water flow
Unreasonable use of land that results in altered flow of surface water that unreasonably injures another's land or that unreasonably interferes with the reasonable use of another's land is a nuisance.
An action under this section must be commenced within 3 years after the cause of action accrues.
Sec. 2. Application. This Act applies to causes of action accruing on or after the effective date of this Act.
Sec. 3. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2007.
Effective January 1, 2007.
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