Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §9093, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 365, §1, is amended to read:

4. Rental payments. A mobile home park owner or operator may establish a park rule to require that all rental payments and other fees due to the mobile home park owner or operator be paid in full before the home is removed from the park, sold or occupied by a new tenant or owner. If the owner or occupant is a lienholder who has informed the mobile home park owner or operator of its lien on the home pursuant to section 9097, subsection 2-A 2-B, the terms of that subsection apply.

Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §9097, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 365, §2, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §9097, sub-§2-B is enacted to read:

2-B.__Responsibilities of park operator and lienholder.__The responsibilities of the mobile home park operator and the holder of a lien on the tenant's mobile home are as follows.

A.__In the event the park operator moves to evict a tenant and there is a lien on the tenant's home, if the holder of the lien has provided the park operator with a notice of the lien and the notice includes the lienholder's mailing address, then prior to evicting the tenant who resides in that mobile home, the park operator shall give notice of the eviction in writing by certified mail to the lienholder at the time the park operator serves the tenant with a notice to quit.__Following receipt of this notice from the park operator, the lienholder shall:

(1)__Declare, in writing and by certified mail, to the park operator that the lienholder intends to take possession of the mobile home and assume tenancy in the park.__The lienholder shall pay to the park operator:

(a)__Any arrearage for rent and other recurring monthly fees owed the park operator by the tenant at the time of issuance of the notice to quit;

(b)__Rent and other charges that become due subsequent to issuance of the notice to quit.__ Rent and charges imposed pursuant to this division may not exceed 3 months of those rents and charges; and