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Department 94 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIESDivision 348 - MAINE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Chapter 5 - PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS REGULATIONS RELATING TO PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC CONVEYANCES OF THE MAINE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Part I - GENERALLY

C.M.R. 94, 348, ch. 5, pt. I

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Current through 2024-44, October 30, 2024
Part I - GENERALLY
A.Purpose

Pursuant to Title 5 M.R.S.A., §4566(7), the Maine Human Rights Commission has adopted the following regulations which are designed to inform owners and agents of public conveyances, persons with physical or mental disabilities, and other interested parties of the Commission's interpretation of the Maine Human Rights Act, Title 5 M.R.S.A., §4551, et seq., hereafter referred to as "The Act" and in particular Subchapter V, Public Accommodations, § 4591 and § 4592.

B.Effect

These regulations shall be accorded the full force and effect of interpretive administrative regulations.

C.Construction
(1) Consistent with the public policy underlying the Act (as expressed in § 4552) and with firmly established principles for the interpretation of such humanitarian legislation, the remedial provisions of the Act shall be given broad construction and its exceptions shall be construed narrowly.
(2) The provisions of these regulations are severable. If any provision or the application of any provision of these regulations to any person or circumstances is invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.

C.M.R. 94, 348, ch. 5, pt. I