{"data":{"id":"us-me/10-m.r.s.-9903","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"10 M.R.S. §9903","heading":"Status of out-of-state businesses and employees during disaster period","body":"1.  Out-of-state businesses.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, during a disaster period an out-of-state business that conducts operations within the State for the purpose of performing work or providing services related to a declared state disaster or emergency is deemed to have not established a level of presence that would require that business or its out-of-state employees to be subject to any of the following state or local employment, licensing or registration requirements:\nA.  Business licensing or registration requirements;\nB.  Unemployment insurance taxes or fees or workers' compensation insurance taxes or fees; and\nC.  Occupational licensing fees.\n2.  Status after disaster period.  After the termination of a disaster period, an out-of-state business or out-of-state employee that remains in the State is fully subject to the state or local employment, licensing or registration requirements listed in subsection 1 or that were otherwise suspended under this chapter during the disaster period.","path":["TITLE 10: COMMERCE AND TRADE","PART 15: STATE OF EMERGENCY PROCEDURES","CHAPTER 1201: WAIVERS FOR OUT-OF-STATE BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYEES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/10/title10sec9903.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:24Z","sha256":"916a132fc378af3d31ac504f3a872b352302bca66001336aa1460891ca86e377","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/10-m.r.s.-9902","next":"us-me/10-m.r.s.-9904"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}