Sec. 6-243. Tenants Unions.
(a) Any Tenants Union shall have standing as a party to
assert the rights or interests of any Tenants, individually or
collectively, under this Chapter in any complaint, appeal, or
other proceeding brought before the Housing Safety Office, the
Rent Board, or the Superior Court in an appeal from any final
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decision under this Chapter in accordance with Rule 80B of the
Maine Rules of Civil Procedure.
(b)The Housing Safety Office shall create a registration
form and accept the registration of Tenants Unions representing
Tenants with rights and interests under this Chapter. Such
registration shall include the name, telephone number, and e-mail
address of a principal contact for the Tenants Union. The Housing
Safety Office shall maintain and publish a list of Tenants Unions
registered under this section, including contact information, for
use by Tenants wishing to join or contact a Tenants Union.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require a Tenants
Union to register with the City. The City shall be prohibited
from requesting, collecting, maintaining or publishing the names
of individual Tenant members of any Tenants Union.
(By Referendum, 11-8-2022)