An Act To Allow Petitions for Protection of Rental Property and Tenants Based on Actions by Guests or Danqerous Pets Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6030-A, sub-§I, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 650, §8, is amended to read: 1. Commencinq action. A landlord may file a petition against a tenant. a guest or invitee of a tenant or the owner of a dangerous pet on the premises for the protection of rental property or tenants when the landlord, the landlord's employee or agent, the landlord's rental property or persons who are tenants of the landlord have experienced harm or have been threatened with harm by a tenant of the landlord. a guest or invitee of a tenant or a dangerous pet on the premises. The landlord may file the petition in the landlord's own name or, when the landlord has written authority from a tenant to do so, may file the action on behalf of the aggrieved tenant, or both. Page l-LR1127(2) COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1022
Committee Amendment CA_A_S123 (Senate)
Amends: 14 MRSA §6030-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A 
.. to S.P. 353, L.D. 1022, Bill, "An 
Act To Provide for the Expedited Eviction of Violent Tenants" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Allow Petitions for Protection of Rental Property and 
Tenants Based on Actions by Guests or Danqerous Pets' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6030-A, sub-§I, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 
650, §8, is amended to read: 
1. 
Commencinq action. 
A landlord may file a 
petition 
against a tenant. a guest or invitee of a tenant or the owner of 
a dangerous pet on the premises for the protection of rental 
property or tenants when the landlord, the landlord's employee or 
agent, the landlord's rental property or persons who are tenants 
of the landlord have experienced harm or have been threatened 
with harm by a tenant of the landlord. a guest or invitee of a 
tenant or a dangerous pet on the premises. 
The landlord may file 
the petition in the landlord's own name or, when the landlord has 
written authority from a tenant to do so, may file the action on 
behalf of the aggrieved tenant, or both.' 
Page l-LR1127(2) 
COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT 
,..-" 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. A 
.. to S.P. 353, L.D. 1022 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment allows a 
landlord to file petitions for the protection of rental property 
or tenants 
when 
the landlord, 
landlord's employee or agent, 
rental property or tenants have experienced harm or have been 
threatened with harm by a guest or invitee of a tenant or a 
dangerous pet on the premises. 
FISCAL :\OTE RE(JlJI.,i." 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/02/03 ~ae 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1022 
An Act To Provide for the Expedited Eviction of Violent Tenants 
LR 1127(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A,S -l ~3 
Committee: Legal and Veterans Mfairs 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - General Fund 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements 
This bill may increase the number of civil suits filed in the court system. 
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