An Act To Increase Notification Time Periods for Rent Increases and Terminations of Tenancies at Will
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0308
Committee Amendment CA_A_H357 (House)
Amends: 14 MRSA §6002, 14 MRSA §6015

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. /}" to H.P. 232, L.D. 308, Bill, "An Act To 
Increase Notification Time Periods for Rent Increases and Terminations of Tenancies at 
Will" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Authorize Municipalities To Increase Notification Time Periods for Rent 
Increases and Terminations of Tenancies at Will' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §6002, first 1, as amended by PL 2015, c. 293, §6, is further 
amended to read: 
Tenancies at will must be terminated by either party by a minimum of 30 days' 
notice, except as provided in subsections 2 and 4 and except that a municipality may 
require a minimum notice period for termination of a tenancy at will under this paragraph 
that is greater than 30 days as long as the minimum notice period required by the 
municipality is not greater than 60 days, in writing for that purpose given to the other 
party, but if the landlord or the landlord's agent has made at least 3 good faith efforts to 
serve the tenant, that service may be accomplished by both mailing the notice by first 
class mail to the tenant's last known address and by leaving the notice at the tenant's last 
and usual place of abode. In cases when the tenant has paid rent through the date when a 
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the notice required under this paragraph would expire, the notice must expire on 
or after the date through which the rent has been paid. Either party may waive in writing 
the 30 days' notice required under this paragraph at the time the notice is given, and at no 
other time prior to the giving of the notice. A termination based on a 3 0 day the notice 
required under this paragraph is not affected by the receipt of money, whether previously 
owed or for current use and occupation, until the date a writ of possession is issued 
against the tenant during the period of actual occupancy after receipt of the notice. When 
the tenancy is terminated, the tenant is liable to the process of forcible entry and detainer 
without further notice and without proof of any relation of landlord and tenant unless the 
tenant has paid, after service of the notice, rent that accrued after the termination of the 
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tenancy. These provisions apply to tenancies of buildings erected on land of another 
patty. Termination of the tenancy is deemed to occur at the expiration of the time fixed 
in the notice. A 30 day The notice required under this paragraph and a 7-day notice under 
subsection 2 may be combined in one notice to the tenant. 
Sec. 2. 14 MRSA §6015, as amended by PL 2003, c. 259, §1, is further amended 
to read: 
§6015. Notice of rent increase 
Rent charged for residential estates may be increased by the lessor only after 
providing at least 45 days' written notice to the tenant, except that a municipality may 
require a minimum notice period for a rent increase under this section that is greater than 
days as long as the minimum notice period required by the municipality is not greater 
than 75 days. A written or oral waiver of this requirement is against public policy and is 
void. 
Any person in violation of this section is liable for the return of any sums 
unlawfully obtained from the lessee, with interest, and reasonable attorney's fees and 
costs.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, replaces the title and 
the bill and authorizes a municipality to increase from 30 days up to 60 days the notice 
that a party must provide to terminate a tenancy at will. It also authorizes a municipality 
to increase from 45 days up to 75 days the notice that a landlord must provide to increase 
the rent of a residential tenant. 
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