reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
23 ME Rev Stat § 1253-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 15: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 1: SIGNS AND MARKERS|Article 3: GRADE CROSSINGS|23 §1253-A. Stop signs at highway-railroad grade crossings

 §1253-A. Stop signs at highway-railroad grade crossings The Department of Transportation is authorized to designate any highway-railroad grade crossing as a stop intersection and to install and maintain stop signs thereat. The department is authorized to so designate such highway-railroad grade crossings on town ways, and local municipalities shall, when ordered by the department, erect and maintain stop signs on such town ways. When such stop signs are erected, the driver of any vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 10 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and shall proceed only upon exercising due care.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §10 (AMD).]Any person who shall operate a vehicle in violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $50 or by imprisonment for not more than 60 days, or by both.   [PL 1969, c. 387, §1 (NEW).]The expense of the erection and maintenance of each stop sign installed by virtue of this section shall be borne by the railroad.   [PL 1969, c. 387, §1 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1969, c. 387, §1 (NEW). PL 1971, c. 593, §10 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 1254 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 15: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 1: SIGNS AND MARKERS|Article 3: GRADE CROSSINGS|23 §1254. Penalties; jurisdiction

 §1254. Penalties; jurisdiction Whoever unlawfully removes, injures or tampers with any warning, caution or directional sign, described in sections 59, 1251, 1252 and 1253-A, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $50.   [PL 1969, c. 387, §2 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1969, c. 387, §2 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 1301 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 15: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 1: SIGNS AND MARKERS|Article 4: OVERPASSES|23 §1301. Clearance markings

 §1301. Clearance markings The department shall mark all overpasses on all state and state aid highways, and on all other highways for which state funds are provided by law, with the height of the clearance of such overpass and such markings shall be maintained so as to be clearly visible for a distance of 200 feet on the highway. The same requirements shall apply to highway bridges when the vertical underclearance is limited by the portal, bracing or other structural members. This section shall apply only when the vertical clearance is less than 14 feet 6 inches. The clearance indicated is to be the normal summer clearance. Such overpasses not indicated herein shall be marked by the municipalities in which the same shall be found and in accordance with the standards for marking set forth.   [PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 593, §22 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 1352 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 1: STATE HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 15: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 1: SIGNS AND MARKERS|Article 5: TRAFFIC CONTROL|23 §1352. Installation of rumble strip signs

 §1352. Installation of rumble strip signs The department shall install signs on any state highway where centerline rumble strips are located to inform a driver that the driver is approaching a rumble strip. The signs must be placed in advance of the centerline rumble strip for both directions of travel where passing is permitted at a location to be determined by the department. The lettering, style, colors, size and format of the sign must comply with the latest edition of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices published by the Federal Highway Administration under 23 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 655, Subpart F as adopted by the department.   [PL 2009, c. 441, §1 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2009, c. 441, §1 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3351 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 2: EXCAVATIONS|Article 1: MUNICIPALITIES|23 §3351. Notice to owners to connect

 §3351. Notice to owners to connect Prior to paving or substantially repairing any street or public highway, the road commissioner, the commissioner of public works or such officer as the municipal officers may appoint in the absence of a commissioner shall duly serve upon owners of property abutting on a street or highway and upon all corporations, persons, firms and bridge or water districts occupying a street or highway a notice directing owners, corporations, persons, firms and bridge or water districts to make sewer, water and conduit connections or other work as may be designated, within 60 days from date of notice. At the expiration of the time fixed and after a street has been paved or repaired, no permit may be granted to open that street for a period of 5 years, except as otherwise provided.   [PL 1999, c. 337, §2 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 337, §2 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3351-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 2: EXCAVATIONS|Article 1: MUNICIPALITIES|23 §3351-A. Moratorium restoration requirement

 §3351-A. Moratorium restoration requirement If a municipality issues a permit to open a street within 5 years after that street or highway was paved or substantially repaired, the municipality may require the permittee to relay the full width of the road surface on both sides of the cut for a distance of 20 feet from the furthest outside edges of the cut. If that repair overlaps the edge of a repair from a previous opening, the municipality may require the permittee to relay the full width of the road to the furthest edge of that previous repair. The municipality may prescribe the depth and method of restoring the pavement based upon the class of the street, except that in no case may the depth of the restored pavement be less than 1 1/2 inches.   [PL 1999, c. 337, §3 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 337, §3 (NEW).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3352 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 2: EXCAVATIONS|Article 1: MUNICIPALITIES|23 §3352. Emergency permits

 §3352. Emergency permits If the owners, corporations, persons, firms or bridge or water districts comply with the notice given under section 3351, the road commissioner, the commissioner of public works or such officer as the municipal officers may appoint in the absence of a commissioner may, in the case of an emergency, grant and renew permits for digging or making excavations in the driveways of any of the public highways of the municipality for the repairing of gas, water, steam, oil, gasoline, petroleum or any other liquid, or ammonia pipes or conduits or for any other lawful purpose. Every permit must specify the time prescribed by resolution or ordinance or, when no time is prescribed, the road commissioner, the commissioner of public works or such officer as the municipal officers may appoint in the absence of a commissioner shall specify a time during which the excavation may remain open, the place where that excavation may be made and the number of square yards of surface that may be disturbed.   [PL 1999, c. 337, §4 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 337, §4 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3353 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 2: EXCAVATIONS|Article 1: MUNICIPALITIES|23 §3353. Penalties

 §3353. Penalties Any person or persons, firm, corporation or bridge or water district, who shall dig or make an excavation in the driveway of any public highway without first obtaining such permit as provided for in section 3352 or who having obtained such permit shall disturb a greater area of surface than specified in such permit, may be punished by a fine of $25 for each offense.
23 ME Rev Stat § 3354 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 2: EXCAVATIONS|Article 1: MUNICIPALITIES|23 §3354. Record of permits kept; fees

 §3354. Record of permits kept; fees The road commissioner, the commissioner of public works or such officer as the municipal officers may appoint in the absence of a commissioner shall keep a record of all permits granted by that person, work done by the municipal employees excepted. The applicant shall pay to the municipal treasurer for every permit for making an excavation within the driveways of any public highway paved with broken stone, concrete, bitulithic, granite block, brick, wood block, sheet asphalt or other pavements fees established by the municipal officers. Those fees may not exceed the reasonable cost of replacement of the excavated pavement and base material as well as inspections performed by or for the municipality. The requirement for municipal inspections must bear a reasonable relationship to the complexity of the project or the performance history of the permittee. All such fees paid to the municipal treasurer must be regularly accounted for in the treasurer's report to the municipal officers and constitute a special fund for the repaving of excavations, repair of any roadway adjacent to the excavations and inspections. When such excavations are repaired or inspected by the municipality, the cost must be charged to the special fund. Municipal ordinances and regulations governing activities conducted in accordance with this subchapter may not be arbitrary or capricious.   [PL 1999, c. 337, §5 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 337, §5 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3355 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 2: EXCAVATIONS|Article 1: MUNICIPALITIES|23 §3355. Size of opening; filling; protection

 §3355. Size of opening; filling; protection It is unlawful for any person or persons, firm, corporation or bridge or water district, having the right of opening or making excavations within the driveways of public highways in the municipality, to leave open at any time any trench or excavation of a greater length than 200 feet, except by permission of the officer granting such permit. Such person or persons, firm, corporation or bridge or water district shall fully and completely fill up such a trench to the surface of the roadway before making any further trench or excavation. The filling must be puddled or rammed as the nature of the soil may require and must be done and completed within the time designated in the permit for completing the trench or excavation. Any person or persons, firm, corporation or bridge or water district failing to comply with the requirements or infringing on the prohibitions of this section may be punished by a fine of $50 for each offense. These requirements, prohibitions and penalties may not apply to excavations in grading, building or repairing any of the public highways under the supervision of the municipal authorities. Such person or persons, firm, corporation or bridge or water district shall protect the paving on either side of the opening by the use of sheet piling or such other means as will prevent the escape of sand from underneath it. In determining the number of square yards of paving disturbed, there must be included such area of paving adjoining the trench actually opened as will, in the opinion of the road commissioner, the commissioner of public works or such officer as the municipal officers may appoint in the absence of a commissioner, be required to be taken up and relaid by reason of such failure to properly protect the same.   [PL 1999, c. 337, §6 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 337, §6 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3356 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 2: EXCAVATIONS|Article 1: MUNICIPALITIES|23 §3356. Skill required

 §3356. Skill required If the work or any part of the work mentioned in sections 3351 to 3355 of repairing or filling the trenches or excavations is unskillfully or improperly done, the road commissioner, the commissioner of public works or such officer as the municipal officers may appoint in the absence of a commissioner may immediately cause the work or any part of the work to be skillfully and properly done and shall keep an account of the expense. In such case, such person or persons, firm, corporation or bridge or water district in default shall forfeit and pay a penalty equal to the whole of the expense incurred by the municipality, with an addition of 50%. Thereafter, upon the completion of the work and the determination of the costs, the commissioner or appointee may not issue a further or new permit to any person or persons, firm, corporation or bridge or water district in default until the municipality receives, in addition to the fees provided, the amount of the penalty as by this section provided and determined.   [PL 1999, c. 337, §7 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 337, §7 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3357 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 2: EXCAVATIONS|Article 1: MUNICIPALITIES|23 §3357. Relaying of pavement

 §3357. Relaying of pavement When any excavation is made in any paved public highway and the trench has been filled as required by sections 3355 and 3356, the municipality shall relay the pavement or enter into an agreement for relaying of the pavement by the permittee. If the municipality relays the pavement, the cost of relaying the pavement, including materials, labor and inspection, must be paid out of any money in the municipal treasury standing to the credit of the regular fund for this purpose.   [PL 1999, c. 337, §8 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 337, §8 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3358 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 2: EXCAVATIONS|Article 1: MUNICIPALITIES|23 §3358. Filing map of location

 §3358. Filing map of location The party applying for a permit for an excavation under sections 3351 to 3358 must file a map or sketch with the road commissioner, the commissioner of public works or such officer as the municipal officers may appoint in the absence of a commissioner, showing the location and size of cuts to be made.   [PL 1999, c. 337, §9 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 337, §9 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3359 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 2: EXCAVATIONS|Article 1: MUNICIPALITIES|23 §3359. Minimum excavation for pavement on a concrete base

 §3359. Minimum excavation for pavement on a concrete base Unless otherwise required in a municipal ordinance or regulation, when any excavation is made in any paved public highway and the pavement is laid on a concrete base, the excavation must have the pavement and concrete cut back on each side of the excavation ditch a distance of 8 inches, and in issuing the permits for cutting the pavement this extra width must be charged to the person applying for the permits.   [PL 1999, c. 337, §10 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 337, §10 (AMD).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3360 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 2: EXCAVATIONS|Article 1: MUNICIPALITIES|23 §3360. Notice to public utilities (REPEALED)

 §3360. Notice to public utilities (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c. 284 (NEW). PL 1979, c. 362, §1 (RP).
23 ME Rev Stat § 3381 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 23: TRANSPORTATION|Part 3: LOCAL HIGHWAY LAW|Chapter 307: PROTECTION OF HIGHWAYS|Subchapter 2: EXCAVATIONS|Article 2: TOWNS|23 §3381. Applications; repair (REPEALED)

 §3381. Applications; repair (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1999, c. 337, §11 (RP).
26 ME Rev Stat § 1419-B (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 26: LABOR AND INDUSTRY|Chapter 19: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR|Subchapter 2: REHABILITATION SERVICES|Article 8: DEAF, HARD-OF-HEARING AND LATE-DEAFENED PERSONS|Subarticle 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|26 §1419-B. Equal access for deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech-impaired consumers to wireless telecommunication services (REPEALED)

 §1419-B. Equal access for deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech-impaired consumers to wireless telecommunication services (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 2001, c. 377, §2 (NEW).
26 ME Rev Stat § 1420 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 26: LABOR AND INDUSTRY|Chapter 19: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR|Subchapter 2: REHABILITATION SERVICES|Article 8: DEAF, HARD-OF-HEARING AND LATE-DEAFENED PERSONS|Subarticle 2: RIGHTS OF DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING PERSONS|26 §1420. Policy

 §1420. Policy It is the policy of this State to encourage and enable deaf and hard-of-hearing persons to participate fully in the social and economic life of this State and to engage in remunerative employment. The provisions of rights and penalties for denial of those rights, as specified in this subarticle, are not intended to abrogate any actions or penalties provided for violation of human rights, as specified in the Maine Human Rights Act, Title 5, chapter 337.   [PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 560, §F13 (NEW).
26 ME Rev Stat § 1420-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 26: LABOR AND INDUSTRY|Chapter 19: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR|Subchapter 2: REHABILITATION SERVICES|Article 8: DEAF, HARD-OF-HEARING AND LATE-DEAFENED PERSONS|Subarticle 2: RIGHTS OF DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING PERSONS|26 §1420-A. Rights

 §1420-A. Rights The rights, established by this subarticle, of deaf and hard-of-hearing persons are as follows.   [PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW).]1.  Streets and public places.  Deaf and hard-of-hearing persons have the same rights as able-bodied persons to the full and free use of the streets, highways, sidewalks, walkways, public buildings, public facilities and other public places.   [PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW).] 2.  Public conveyances.  Deaf and hard-of-hearing persons are entitled to full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of all common carriers, airplanes, motor vehicles, railroad trains, motor buses, street cars, boats or any other public conveyances or modes of transportation, hotels, lodging places, places of public accommodation or amusement, or resorts and other places to which the general public is invited, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to all persons.   [PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW).] 3.  Guide dogs.   [PL 2007, c. 664, §24 (RP).] 4.  Especially trained guide dog trainer; access to public facilities; responsibilities.   [PL 2007, c. 664, §25 (RP).] 5.  Housing accommodations; persons with hearing-assistance animals.   [PL 2007, c. 664, §26 (RP).] 6.  Housing accommodations; defined.  "Housing accommodations," as used in this section, means a real property, or portion of real property, that is used or occupied, or is intended, arranged or designed to be used or occupied, as the home, residence or sleeping place of one or more human beings, including, but not limited to, public housing projects and all forms of publicly assisted housing, single-family and multifamily rental and sale units, lodging places, condominiums and cooperative apartments. "Housing accommodations" does not include:   A. The rental of a housing accommodation in a building that contains housing accommodations for not more than 2 families living independently of each other, if the owner or members of the owner's family reside in that housing accommodation; or   [PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW).]B. The rental of a room or rooms in a housing accommodation, if the rental is by the occupant of the housing accommodation or by the owner of the housing accommodation and the owner or members of the owner's family reside in that housing accommodation.   [PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW).][PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 560, §F13 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 414, §B39 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 414, §D7 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 614, §9 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 664, §§24-26 (AMD).
26 ME Rev Stat § 1420-B (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 26: LABOR AND INDUSTRY|Chapter 19: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR|Subchapter 2: REHABILITATION SERVICES|Article 8: DEAF, HARD-OF-HEARING AND LATE-DEAFENED PERSONS|Subarticle 2: RIGHTS OF DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING PERSONS|26 §1420-B. Motor vehicle drivers

 §1420-B. Motor vehicle drivers The driver of a vehicle approaching a deaf or hard-of-hearing person using a properly identified guide dog shall take all necessary precautions to avoid injury to that person and the guide dog. A driver who fails to take such precautions is liable in damages for any injury caused to that person or dog. A deaf or hard-of-hearing person not using a guide dog in any of the places, accommodations or conveyances listed in section 1420-A has all of the rights and privileges conferred by law upon other persons. The failure of a deaf or hard-of-hearing person to use a guide dog in those places, accommodations or conveyances does not constitute nor is it evidence of contributory negligence.   [PL 1995, c. 560, Pt. F, §13 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 560, §F13 (NEW).
26 ME Rev Stat § 1420-C (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 26: LABOR AND INDUSTRY|Chapter 19: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR|Subchapter 2: REHABILITATION SERVICES|Article 8: DEAF, HARD-OF-HEARING AND LATE-DEAFENED PERSONS|Subarticle 2: RIGHTS OF DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING PERSONS|26 §1420-C. Penalty

 §1420-C. Penalty 1.  Interference with admittance or enjoyment; rights.  A person or the person's agent may not:   A. Deny or interfere with admittance to or enjoyment of the public facilities described in section 1420-A; or   [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. O, §6 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).]B. Otherwise interfere with the rights of a deaf or hard-of-hearing person under section 1420-A.   [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. O, §6 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).][PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. O, §6 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).] 2.  Penalty.  Violation of this section is a Class E crime. Violation of this section is a strict liability crime as defined in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A.   [PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. O, §6 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 560, §F13 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 452, §O6 (RPR). PL 2003, c. 452, §X2 (AFF).
26 ME Rev Stat § 1420-D (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 26: LABOR AND INDUSTRY|Chapter 19: DEPARTMENT OF LABOR|Subchapter 2: REHABILITATION SERVICES|Article 8: DEAF, HARD-OF-HEARING AND LATE-DEAFENED PERSONS|Subarticle 2: RIGHTS OF DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING PERSONS|26 §1420-D. Misrepresentation of hearing dog (REPEALED)

 §1420-D. Misrepresentation of hearing dog (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 452, §O7 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 452, §X2 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 664, §27 (RP).
28-A ME Rev Stat § 1052-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 28-A: LIQUORS|Part 3: LICENSES FOR SALE OF LIQUOR|Subpart 2: RETAIL LICENSES|Chapter 43: LICENSES FOR THE SALE OF LIQUOR TO BE CONSUMED ON THE LICENSED PREMISES|Subchapter 1: GENERAL CONDITIONS|28-A §1052-A. Special taste-testing festival license (REPEALED)

 §1052-A. Special taste-testing festival license (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1993, c. 259, §1 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 30, §§1-3 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 373, §86 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 677, §1 (RP).