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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1.  35-A MRSA §706, sub-§2-A  is enacted to read:
 
2-A.  Water utility notice to landlord in advance of posting disconnection notice at rental property.    If a landlord is responsible for payment for water service provided by a water utility to rental property in accordance with subsection 2 and the landlord fails to pay for that service, the water utility may not provide notice to a tenant or post any notice on the rental property of a pending disconnection or of the tenant's opportunity to assume responsibility for service pursuant to subsection 2 prior to giving notice of the pending disconnection to the landlord responsible for payment.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the committee and replaces the bill. It requires that a water utility provide a landlord that is billed for water service provided to a rental property notice of an upcoming posting of a disconnection notice at the rental property before that water utility posts the disconnection notice.