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

 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4592, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 393, §23,
is further amended to read:

 
B. That contains no more than 5 10 rooms available to be
let to lodgers; and

 
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §3802, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A,
§2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c.
104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

 
2. Overcharge liability. No keeper may charge or collect a
sum greater than the rate shown in the posted schedule. Any
keeper who charges or collects more than the rate shown in the
posted schedule is liable to the person so charged or who paid
the bill in an amount equal to 3 times the total amount of the
bill collected minus the rate shown in the posted schedule.

 
Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §3821, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737,
Pt. A, §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2;
and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, are further amended to read:

 
1. Register of guests. Every A person conducting any a hotel
or lodging house shall may have a register kept and maintained in
the hotel or lodging house at all times. The and may require
that the name of every guest or person renting or occupying a
room or rooms in the hotel or lodging house shall be written in
the register. The person renting the room or rooms, or someone
under that person's direction, shall sign the register, if
required. The proprietor of the hotel or lodging house, or the
proprietor's agent, shall then write the number of each room
assigned to and occupied by each guest, together with the date
that room is rented, opposite the name or names so registered.

 
2. Record of departures. The proprietor or the proprietor's
agent shall may keep and maintain a record showing the date when
the occupant of each room surrenders the room. This record may
be made a part of the register.

 
Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §3822, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1995, c. 88, §2, is
further amended to read:

 
1. Registration. All persons occupying a room or rooms in a
hotel or lodging house must may be required to register or have
themselves registered in the hotel or lodging house register.
The innkeeper may require the registering guest to produce a
valid driver's license, or other identification satisfactory to


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