§6030-B. Environmental lead hazards
1.
Environmental lead hazard disclosure.
[PL 2011, c. 96, §1 (RP).]
2.
Application.
[PL 2011, c. 96, §2 (RP).]
3.
Notification of repairs.
A landlord or other person who on behalf of a landlord enters into a lease or tenancy at will agreement for residential property who undertakes, or who engages someone else to undertake, any repair, renovation or remodeling activity in a residential building built before 1978 that includes one or more units that are rented for human habitation shall give notice of the activity and the risk of an environmental lead hazard pursuant to this subsection.
A.
Notice must be given at least 30 days before the activity is commenced by:
(1)
Posting a sign on the building's exterior entry doors; and
(2)
A notice sent by certified mail to every unit in the building.
[PL 2007, c. 238, §1 (NEW).]
B.
Notwithstanding paragraph A, notice may be given less than 30 days before the activity is commenced by:
(1)
Posting a sign on the building's exterior entry doors; and
(2)
Obtaining from one adult tenant of each unit in the building a written waiver of the 30-day notice requirement and a written acknowledgment of receipt of notice for the particular activity.
[PL 2007, c. 238, §1 (NEW).]
C.
The waiver of the 30-day notice requirement pursuant to paragraph B must be in plain language, immediately precede the signature of the adult tenant, be printed in no less than 12-point boldface type and be in the following form or in a substantially similar form: