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An Act To Fully Implement the Legislative Intent in Prohibiting Offensive Place Names
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 1 MRSA §1101, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 471, Pt. D, §3, is further amended to read:
 
1. Offensive name. "Offensive name" means a name of a place that includes:
 
A. The designation "nigger" or "squaw" or any derivation of "squaw" as a separate word or as part of a word or phrase; or
 
B. The designation "squa" or any derivation of "squa" as a separate word or as a separate syllable in a word.
 
Effective September 12, 2009