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Amend the amendment in section 5 in subsection 2 in the 3rd line (page 2, line 39 in amendment) by inserting after the following: "landlord" the following: 'or after the tenant has vacated the rental unit'
Amend the amendment by inserting after section 7 the following:
‘Sec. 8.  14 MRSA §6013,  as repealed and replaced by PL 2009, c. 566, §7, is amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:
A lease or tenancy at will agreement may permit a landlord to dispose of property abandoned by a tenant without liability as long as the landlord complies with the notice provisions of this section.’
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
Committee Amendment "A" provides that a landlord may send a notice at any time after entry of judgment in favor of the landlord to a tenant of the landlord's intent to dispose of property remaining in a rental unit. This amendment clarifies that the notice may also be sent at any time after the tenant vacates the rental unit.
This amendment also includes a provision inadvertently left out of Committee Amendment "A" that provides that a lease or tenancy at will agreement may permit a landlord to dispose of property abandoned by a tenant without liability as long as the landlord complies with applicable notice requirements.