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Chapter 337: HUMAN RIGHTS ACT
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
5 §4551. Title - §4551. Title This Act may be known and cited as...
5 §4552. Policy - §4552. Policy To protect the public health, safety and welfare,...
5 §4553. Definitions - §4553. Definitions As used in this Act, unless the context...
5 §4553-A. Physical or mental disability - §4553-A. Physical or mental disability 1. Physical or mental disability,...
5 §4554. Construction - §4554. Construction 1. Relationship to other laws. Nothing in this...
5 §4555. Application (REPEALED) - §4555. Application (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 393, §10...
Subchapter 2: COMMISSION
5 §4561. Members - §4561. Members The Maine Human Rights Commission, established by section...
5 §4562. Terms of office - §4562. Terms of office The members of the commission shall...
5 §4563. Quorum - §4563. Quorum Three members of the commission shall constitute a...
5 §4564. Compensation; reappointment - §4564. Compensation; reappointment Each member of the commission shall be...
5 §4565. Removal from office - §4565. Removal from office Any member of the commission may...
5 §4566. Powers and duties of the commission - §4566. Powers and duties of the commission The commission has...
5 §4566-A. Certification and conformity with rules - §4566-A. Certification and conformity with rules 1. Certification of state...
Subchapter 3: FAIR EMPLOYMENT
5 §4571. Right to freedom from discrimination in employment - §4571. Right to freedom from discrimination in employment The opportunity...
5 §4572. Unlawful employment discrimination - §4572. Unlawful employment discrimination 1. Unlawful employment discrimination. It is...
5 §4572-A. Unlawful employment discrimination on the basis of sex - §4572-A. Unlawful employment discrimination on the basis of sex 1....
5 §4573. Not unlawful employment discrimination - §4573. Not unlawful employment discrimination It shall not be unlawful...
5 §4573-A. Defenses - §4573-A. Defenses 1. General provisions. It is a defense to...
5 §4574. Mandatory retirement age prohibited - §4574. Mandatory retirement age prohibited 1. Definition. As used in...
5 §4575. Mandatory retirement age prohibited - §4575. Mandatory retirement age prohibited 1. Legislative findings and intent....
5 §4576. Gender equity in school administrative positions - §4576. Gender equity in school administrative positions The commission shall...
5 §4577. Compensation history inquiry as evidence of unlawful discrimination - §4577. Compensation history inquiry as evidence of unlawful discrimination 1....
Subchapter 4: FAIR HOUSING
5 §4581. Right to freedom from discrimination in housing; exceptions - §4581. Right to freedom from discrimination in housing; exceptions The...
5 §4581-A. Unlawful housing discrimination - §4581-A. Unlawful housing discrimination It is unlawful housing discrimination, in...
5 §4582. Unlawful housing discrimination (REPEALED) - §4582. Unlawful housing discrimination (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1971, c....
5 §4582-A. Unlawful housing discrimination on the basis of disability - §4582-A. Unlawful housing discrimination on the basis of disability It...
5 §4582-B. Standards and certification - §4582-B. Standards and certification 1. Definition. As used in this...
5 §4582-C. Standards for multifamily and public housing constructed on or after September 1, 2012 - §4582-C. Standards for multifamily and public housing constructed on or...
5 §4583. Application - §4583. Application Nothing in this Act may be construed to...
Subchapter 5: PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS
5 §4591. Equal access to public accommodations - §4591. Equal access to public accommodations The opportunity for every...
5 §4592. Unlawful public accommodations - §4592. Unlawful public accommodations This section does not require an...
5 §4593. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between September 1, 1974 and January 1, 1982 - §4593. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between September 1,...
5 §4594. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1982 and January 1, 1984 - §4594. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1,...
5 §4594-A. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1984 and January 1, 1988 - §4594-A. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1,...
5 §4594-B. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1988 and September 1, 1988 - §4594-B. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1,...
5 §4594-C. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between September 1, 1988 and January 1, 1991 - §4594-C. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between September 1,...
5 §4594-D. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1991 and January 1, 1996 - §4594-D. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1,...
5 §4594-E. Waivers for existing buildings (REPEALED) - §4594-E. Waivers for existing buildings (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY RR 1993,...
5 §4594-F. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1, 1996 and March 15, 2012 - §4594-F. Standards for facilities constructed or altered between January 1,...
5 §4594-G. Standards for facilities constructed or altered after March 15, 2012 - §4594-G. Standards for facilities constructed or altered after March 15,...
5 §4594-H. Marking of parking space access aisles - §4594-H. Marking of parking space access aisles Notwithstanding any provision...
Subchapter 5-A: A FAIR CREDIT EXTENSION
5 §4595. Right to freedom from discrimination solely on basis of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, marital status, ancestry, religion or national origin in any credit transaction - §4595. Right to freedom from discrimination solely on basis of...
5 §4596. Unlawful credit extension discrimination - §4596. Unlawful credit extension discrimination It is unlawful credit discrimination...
5 §4597. Definitions - §4597. Definitions As used in this subchapter, unless the context...
5 §4598. Enforcement - §4598. Enforcement The Superintendent of Financial Institutions and the Superintendent...
Subchapter 5-B: EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
5 §4601. Right to freedom from discrimination in education - §4601. Right to freedom from discrimination in education The opportunity...
5 §4602. Unlawful educational discrimination - §4602. Unlawful educational discrimination 1. Unlawful educational discrimination. It is...
5 §4603. Rulemaking - §4603. Rulemaking The Commissioner of Education shall have joint rule-making...
5 §4604. Enforcement - §4604. Enforcement The Commissioner of Education, or a designee, may...
Subchapter 6: COMMISSION ACTION
5 §4611. Complaint - §4611. Complaint Any aggrieved person, or any employee of the...
5 §4612. Procedure on complaints - §4612. Procedure on complaints 1. Predetermination resolution; investigation. Upon receipt...
5 §4613. Procedure in Superior Court - §4613. Procedure in Superior Court 1. Actions filed by commission....
5 §4614. Attorney's fees and costs - §4614. Attorney's fees and costs In any civil action under...
Subchapter 7: CIVIL ACTIONS BY AGGRIEVED PERSONS
5 §4621. Civil action - §4621. Civil action Within the time limited, an aggrieved person...
5 §4622. Limitations on attorneys' fees and damages; procedures - §4622. Limitations on attorneys' fees and damages; procedures 1. Limitation....
5 §4623. Consolidation of cases - §4623. Consolidation of cases If it appears during the pendence...
Subchapter 8: MISCELLANEOUS
5 §4631. Burden of proof - §4631. Burden of proof In any civil action under this...
5 §4632. Offensive names - §4632. Offensive names 1. Complaint. Any person, including any employee...
5 §4633. Prohibition against retaliation and coercion - §4633. Prohibition against retaliation and coercion 1. Retaliation. A person...
5 §4634. Right to breast-feed - §4634. Right to breast-feed Notwithstanding any provision of law to...
Chapter 337-A: PROTECTION FROM HARASSMENT
5 §4651. Definitions - §4651. Definitions As used in this chapter, unless the context...
5 §4652. Filing of complaint; jurisdiction - §4652. Filing of complaint; jurisdiction Proceedings under this chapter must...
5 §4653. Commencement of proceedings - §4653. Commencement of proceedings 1. Filing. A person who has...
5 §4654. Hearings - §4654. Hearings 1. Full hearing. A hearing must be held...
5 §4655. Relief - §4655. Relief 1. Protection order; consent agreement. The court, after...
5 §4656. Identifying information sealed - §4656. Identifying information sealed If a party alleges in an...
5 §4657. Notification - §4657. Notification The clerk shall issue, without fee, a copy...
5 §4658. Procedure - §4658. Procedure 1. Civil rules apply. Unless otherwise indicated in...
5 §4659. Violation - §4659. Violation 1. Crime committed. Violation of a temporary, emergency,...
5 §4660. Law enforcement agency responsibilities (REPEALED) - §4660. Law enforcement agency responsibilities (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1987,...
5 §4660-A. Law enforcement agency responsibilities - §4660-A. Law enforcement agency responsibilities 1. Reports. Each law enforcement...
5 §4661. Access to certain private images and written information - §4661. Access to certain private images and written information Access...
Chapter 337-B: CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
5 §4681. Violations of constitutional rights; civil action by Attorney General - §4681. Violations of constitutional rights; civil action by Attorney General...
5 §4682. Violations of constitutional rights; civil actions by aggrieved persons - §4682. Violations of constitutional rights; civil actions by aggrieved persons...
5 §4683. Attorney's fees and costs - §4683. Attorney's fees and costs In any civil action under...
5 §4684. Application includes interference by private parties - §4684. Application includes interference by private parties For the purposes...
5 §4684-A. Civil rights - §4684-A. Civil rights For purposes of this chapter and Title...
5 §4684-B. Additional protections - §4684-B. Additional protections 1. Definitions. As used in this section,...
5 §4685. Short title - §4685. Short title This chapter may be known and cited...
Chapter 337-C: CIVIL REMEDIES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
5 §4701. Remedies for human trafficking - §4701. Remedies for human trafficking 1. Definitions. As used in...
Chapter 337-D: PROFILING DATA COLLECTION
5 §4751. Definitions - §4751. Definitions As used in this chapter, unless the context...
5 §4752. Collection of information; reporting of information - §4752. Collection of information; reporting of information 1. Information collected....
5 §4753. Rules; consultation - §4753. Rules; consultation 1. Adoption of rules. By January 1,...
5 §4754. Report; publication of data - §4754. Report; publication of data Beginning January 15, 2024 and...