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An Act Regarding the Eviction Process
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6002, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 2015, c. 293, §7, is further amended to read:
 
C. The tenant is 7 days or more in arrears in the payment of rent; and
Sec. 2. 14 MRSA §6002, sub-§1, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2015, c. 293, §8, is amended to read:
 
D. The tenant is a perpetrator of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking and the victim is also a tenant.;
Sec. 3.  14 MRSA §6002, sub-§1, ¶¶E and F  are enacted to read:
 
E.  The tenant or the tenant's guest or invitee is the perpetrator of violence, a threat of violence or sexual assault against another tenant, a tenant's guest, the landlord or the landlord's employee or agent, except that this paragraph does not apply to a tenant who is a victim as defined in section 6000, subsection 4 and who has taken reasonable action under the circumstances to comply with the landlord's request for protection of the tenant, another tenant, a tenant's guest or invitee, the landlord or the landlord's employee or agent or of the landlord's property; or
 
F.  The person occupying the premises is not an authorized occupant of the premises.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 128th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.