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An Act To Change Building Requirements for County Buildings and Land
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §121, sub-§1, ¶B,  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:
 
B.  Fireproof buildings of brick or stone, with separate fireproof rooms and suitable alcoves, cases or boxes for each office, for the safekeeping of records and papers belonging to the offices of:
 
(1) The register of deeds;
 
(2) The register of probate;
 
(3) The register of insolvency; and
 
(4) The clerk of courts; and.
 
Registries that have records archived off-site are exempt from this paragraph; and
 
SUMMARY
This bill exempts county registries that archive records off-site from the requirement that their buildings be built of brick or stone.