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removal, replacement or covering of the lead-based substance. If | | the lead-based substances can not be removed, replaced or securely | | and permanently covered within 30 days, the department may grant an | | extension of reasonable time.__In an owner-occupied, single-family | | residence the department may provide technical assistance and | | guidance in lieu of enforcement activity at the department's | | discretion; |
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| | | 4. Sale of dwelling, residential facility, day care center or | | nursery school. If, before the end of the 30-day period or | extension, the owner sells the dwelling, premises, residential | child-care facility or preschool facility | nursery school, the owner must | | of the environmental lead hazard and the new owner must assume | | the responsibility of carrying out the requirements of this | | section within the specified time period; and |
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| | | Sec. 14. 22 MRSA §1321, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1997, c. 375, §§6 and | | 7, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 15. 22 MRSA §1322, as amended by PL 1995, c. 453, §13, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | A person may not knowingly rent a dwelling that has been | | posted and ordered cleared of harmful lead-based substances in | accordance with section 1321 to be occupied by children | | circumstances where the presence of lead-based paint or building | | materials is unsuspected and becomes known when the dwelling is | | already rented to a family with children, the family of the | | children may not be evicted for that reason and the owner and | | occupant of the dwelling must be given written notice by the | | department advising of the existence of lead-based substances in | | the dwelling and ordering that within 30 days the lead-based | | substances be removed, replaced or securely and permanently | | covered. |
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| | | If the owner decides to bring any residential dwelling or | | premises into compliance with this Act while a tenant is | occupying a dwelling unit, the owner may | a substitute dwelling unit upon reasonable notice as long as the | The owner pays | | and occupancy charges for a substitute dwelling unit that exceed | | the rent for the vacated dwelling unit for which the tenant | | remains responsible. "Substitute dwelling unit" means a dwelling | | unit of like or similar accommodation and in like or similar | | location that is lead-safe. If the tenant fails to accept the | | substitute dwelling unit selected by the owner while the owner is | | required to bring the vacated dwelling unit into |
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