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Bounded §6174-B(3) qualification patch

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S_ME — PASS-03

Bounded §6174-B(3) qualification patch

Actual research/access date: October 24, 2026, Pacific Time Actual model/mode: GPT-5.6 Sol Pro, regular Chat Effect: PASS-01 and PASS-02 remain immutable. Only the specified PASS-02 claim, two fee-table cells, and related coverage rows are replaced below.

1. Replacement claim rows

Claim ID Replaces / supplements Exact replacement assertion Source, conditions, and confidence limits
S_ME-P3-C001 Replaces S_ME-P2-C007 in full Section 6174-B(2) requires providers of consumer-education programs to submit each program to the administrator for approval with a $100 submission fee and permits a debt-management-service provider to charge consumers a reasonable program fee not exceeding $50. Both propositions must be carried together with §6174-B(3): §6174-B does not apply to a debt-management-service provider that is located in Maine and does not provide debt-management services to a consumer who is a Maine resident. S_ME-P3-S001, §6174-B(2)–(3), lines 27–32. The subsection (3) predicate is conjunctive and provider-specific as written. The text does not expressly establish a transaction-by-transaction exemption for outbound transactions when the same Maine-located provider also serves Maine-resident consumers; that mixed-customer application remains held absent authoritative interpretation. No additional conclusion is made about a separate education-program provider that is not itself the identified debt-management-service provider. Maine State Legislature
S_ME-P3-C002 Supplements P2-C007/P2-C008 boundary language Section 6174-B(3) says only that “this section” does not apply when its stated predicate is satisfied. This patch therefore does not extend the exception to separate registration requirements under §6173, bond requirements under §6174, other Maine provisions, destination-state law, or independently applicable federal requirements. S_ME-P3-S001, §6174-B(3), line 30. This is a bounded textual qualification, not a conclusion that every separate requirement necessarily applies in every factual scenario. Maine State Legislature

2. Source register

Source ID Title / issuer Direct literal URL Exact pinpoint, version, and legal status Actual access and limitations
S_ME-P3-S001 Title 32, §6174-B — Counselor certification; consumer education program, Maine Office of the Revisor of Statutes https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/32/title32sec6174-B.html §6174-B(2), line 27: $100 fee accompanying each program submission and reasonable consumer fee capped at $50. §6174-B(3), line 30: section-level exception for a Maine-located provider that does not provide debt-management services to a Maine-resident consumer. Lines 34–36: section history, including PL 2007, c. 36, §9 and PL 2009, c. 243, §5. Page states data extracted October 5, 2026 at 17:28:28. Freshly read from the current official HTML on October 24, 2026, Pacific Time. No agency interpretation, adjudication, or controlling decision addressing mixed Maine/non-Maine customer operations was reviewed in this bounded pass. Maine State Legislature

3. Replacement PASS-02 market-access-fee table cells

These rows replace only the two education-program rows in the PASS-02 “Replacement market-access and related fee table.”

Charge or condition Amount / mechanic Payer and triggering event Current support Corrected boundary
Education-program submission $100 for each program submission Provider of the consumer-education program submitting that program to the administrator for approval 32 M.R.S. §6174-B(2), S_ME-P3-C001. Maine State Legislature Subject to §6174-B(3): §6174-B does not apply to a debt-management-service provider located in Maine that does not provide debt-management services to a Maine-resident consumer. The text does not establish that a Maine-located provider serving both Maine and non-Maine residents may apply the exception separately to each outbound transaction. That mixed-customer issue remains held. This is a government program-submission charge, not a consumer service fee.
Consumer education-program charge Reasonable; maximum $50 Consumer receiving the administrator-approved consumer-education program 32 M.R.S. §6174-B(2), S_ME-P3-C001. Maine State Legislature Subject to the same §6174-B(3) provider-level predicate. Do not generalize the exception to every non-Maine consumer transaction when the provider also serves Maine-resident consumers. The subsection does not by its text disapply separate registration, bond, other state-law, or federal requirements.

4. Replacement PASS-02 coverage rows

These rows replace the corresponding education-fee rows in the PASS-02 correction-coverage table.

Correction topic Status after PASS-03 Supporting claims Remaining limitation / exact next evidence
$100 education-program submission fee Resolved as to statutory amount and express exception; mixed-customer application partial S_ME-P3-C001–C002 The $100 requirement is subject to §6174-B(3)’s express exclusion for a provider located in Maine that does not provide debt-management services to a Maine-resident consumer. Obtain an authoritative Maine interpretation before treating the exclusion as transaction-specific for a provider that serves both Maine and non-Maine residents. Approval procedure, refund treatment, and treatment of a separate non-DMS education-program provider remain open.
Separate $50 consumer education-program cap Resolved as to statutory ceiling and express exception; mixed-customer application partial S_ME-P3-C001–C002 The $50 consumer cap is within the same section and therefore carries the same §6174-B(3) boundary. Fee earning, collection timing, refund treatment, bundling, federal treatment, and application to outbound transactions of a mixed-customer provider remain open.

5. Compact read and scope self-check

Freshly read in this pass:

  • Current official §6174-B HTML, including subsections (2) and (3), section history, and the page’s October 5, 2026 extraction date. Maine State Legislature

Not reread or relabeled:

  • PASS-01 source-access history.
  • PASS-02’s distinction between sources freshly read by the assistant and Rule 706 material documented as coordinator reuse.
  • Other Maine statutes, Rule 706, NMLS materials, bond materials, fee structures, examples, or unresolved interpretation questions.

No conclusion is added concerning current provider status, registration, bonds, federal applicability, fee earning, refunds, interest bases, remote-provider nexus, creditor or referral arrangements, collection, case law, sectors, local or tribal law, full-state completion, or A066 acceptance. This is not an independent review.

END S_ME PASS-03.

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Captured table 01

Claim ID · Replaces / supplements · Exact replacement assertion · 2 data rows

Claim IDReplaces / supplementsExact replacement assertionSource, conditions, and confidence limits
S_ME-P3-C001Replaces S_ME-P2-C007 in fullSection 6174-B(2) requires providers of consumer-education programs to submit each program to the administrator for approval with a $100 submission fee and permits a debt-management-service provider to charge consumers a reasonable program fee not exceeding $50. Both propositions must be carried together with §6174-B(3): §6174-B does not apply to a debt-management-service provider that is located in Maine and does not provide debt-management services to a consumer who is a Maine resident.S_ME-P3-S001, §6174-B(2)–(3), lines 27–32. The subsection (3) predicate is conjunctive and provider-specific as written. The text does not expressly establish a transaction-by-transaction exemption for outbound transactions when the same Maine-located provider also serves Maine-resident consumers; that mixed-customer application remains held absent authoritative interpretation. No additional conclusion is made about a separate education-program provider that is not itself the identified debt-management-service provider. Maine State Legislature
S_ME-P3-C002Supplements P2-C007/P2-C008 boundary languageSection 6174-B(3) says only that “this section” does not apply when its stated predicate is satisfied. This patch therefore does not extend the exception to separate registration requirements under §6173, bond requirements under §6174, other Maine provisions, destination-state law, or independently applicable federal requirements.S_ME-P3-S001, §6174-B(3), line 30. This is a bounded textual qualification, not a conclusion that every separate requirement necessarily applies in every factual scenario. Maine State Legislature
Source links captured in this table

Captured table 02

Source ID · Title / issuer · Direct literal URL · 1 data rows

Source IDTitle / issuerDirect literal URLExact pinpoint, version, and legal statusActual access and limitations
S_ME-P3-S001Title 32, §6174-B — Counselor certification; consumer education program, Maine Office of the Revisor of Statuteshttps://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/32/title32sec6174-B.html§6174-B(2), line 27: $100 fee accompanying each program submission and reasonable consumer fee capped at $50. §6174-B(3), line 30: section-level exception for a Maine-located provider that does not provide debt-management services to a Maine-resident consumer. Lines 34–36: section history, including PL 2007, c. 36, §9 and PL 2009, c. 243, §5. Page states data extracted October 5, 2026 at 17:28:28.Freshly read from the current official HTML on October 24, 2026, Pacific Time. No agency interpretation, adjudication, or controlling decision addressing mixed Maine/non-Maine customer operations was reviewed in this bounded pass. Maine State Legislature
Source links captured in this table

Captured table 03

Charge or condition · Amount / mechanic · Payer and triggering event · 2 data rows

Charge or conditionAmount / mechanicPayer and triggering eventCurrent supportCorrected boundary
Education-program submission$100 for each program submissionProvider of the consumer-education program submitting that program to the administrator for approval32 M.R.S. §6174-B(2), S_ME-P3-C001. Maine State LegislatureSubject to §6174-B(3): §6174-B does not apply to a debt-management-service provider located in Maine that does not provide debt-management services to a Maine-resident consumer. The text does not establish that a Maine-located provider serving both Maine and non-Maine residents may apply the exception separately to each outbound transaction. That mixed-customer issue remains held. This is a government program-submission charge, not a consumer service fee.
Consumer education-program chargeReasonable; maximum $50Consumer receiving the administrator-approved consumer-education program32 M.R.S. §6174-B(2), S_ME-P3-C001. Maine State LegislatureSubject to the same §6174-B(3) provider-level predicate. Do not generalize the exception to every non-Maine consumer transaction when the provider also serves Maine-resident consumers. The subsection does not by its text disapply separate registration, bond, other state-law, or federal requirements.
Source links captured in this table

Captured table 04

Correction topic · Status after PASS-03 · Supporting claims · 2 data rows

Correction topicStatus after PASS-03Supporting claimsRemaining limitation / exact next evidence
$100 education-program submission feeResolved as to statutory amount and express exception; mixed-customer application partialS_ME-P3-C001–C002The $100 requirement is subject to §6174-B(3)’s express exclusion for a provider located in Maine that does not provide debt-management services to a Maine-resident consumer. Obtain an authoritative Maine interpretation before treating the exclusion as transaction-specific for a provider that serves both Maine and non-Maine residents. Approval procedure, refund treatment, and treatment of a separate non-DMS education-program provider remain open.
Separate $50 consumer education-program capResolved as to statutory ceiling and express exception; mixed-customer application partialS_ME-P3-C001–C002The $50 consumer cap is within the same section and therefore carries the same §6174-B(3) boundary. Fee earning, collection timing, refund treatment, bundling, federal treatment, and application to outbound transactions of a mixed-customer provider remain open.

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S_ME-P3-C001 Saved research record

Section 6174-B(2) requires providers of consumer-education programs to submit each program to the administrator for approval with a $100 submission fee and permits a debt-management-service provider to charge consumers a reasonable program fee not exceeding $50. Both propositions must be carried together with §6174-B(3): §6174-B does not apply to a debt-management-service provider that is located in Maine and does not provide debt-management services to a consumer who is a Maine resident.

Recorded check status: not yet checked

Replaces / supplements
Replaces S_ME-P2-C007 in full
Source, conditions, and confidence limits
S_ME-P3-S001, §6174-B(2)–(3), lines 27–32. The subsection (3) predicate is conjunctive and provider-specific as written. The text does not expressly establish a transaction-by-transaction exemption for outbound transactions when the same Maine-located provider also serves Maine-resident consumers; that mixed-customer application remains held absent authoritative interpretation. No additional conclusion is made about a separate education-program provider that is not itself the identified debt-management-service provider. Maine State Legislature
S_ME-P3-C002 Saved research record

Supplements P2-C007/P2-C008 boundary language

Recorded check status: not yet checked

Exact replacement assertion
Section 6174-B(3) says only that “this section” does not apply when its stated predicate is satisfied. This patch therefore does not extend the exception to separate registration requirements under §6173, bond requirements under §6174, other Maine provisions, destination-state law, or independently applicable federal requirements.
Source, conditions, and confidence limits
S_ME-P3-S001, §6174-B(3), line 30. This is a bounded textual qualification, not a conclusion that every separate requirement necessarily applies in every factual scenario. Maine State Legislature

Sources, pinpoints and access limits

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S_ME-P3-S001 Saved research record

Title 32, §6174-B — Counselor certification; consumer education program, Maine Office of the Revisor of Statutes

Recorded check status: not yet checked

Direct literal URL
https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/32/title32sec6174-B.html
Exact pinpoint, version, and legal status
§6174-B(2), line 27: $100 fee accompanying each program submission and reasonable consumer fee capped at $50. §6174-B(3), line 30: section-level exception for a Maine-located provider that does not provide debt-management services to a Maine-resident consumer. Lines 34–36: section history, including PL 2007, c. 36, §9 and PL 2009, c. 243, §5. Page states data extracted October 5, 2026 at 17:28:28.
Actual access and limitations
Freshly read from the current official HTML on October 24, 2026, Pacific Time. No agency interpretation, adjudication, or controlling decision addressing mixed Maine/non-Maine customer operations was reviewed in this bounded pass. Maine State Legislature
Direct source URLs
https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/32/title32sec6174-B.html

What was examined—and what is still missing

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coverage-1 Saved research record

$100 education-program submission fee

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status after PASS-03
Resolved as to statutory amount and express exception; mixed-customer application partial
Supporting claims
S_ME-P3-C001–C002
Remaining limitation / exact next evidence
The $100 requirement is subject to §6174-B(3)’s express exclusion for a provider located in Maine that does not provide debt-management services to a Maine-resident consumer. Obtain an authoritative Maine interpretation before treating the exclusion as transaction-specific for a provider that serves both Maine and non-Maine residents. Approval procedure, refund treatment, and treatment of a separate non-DMS education-program provider remain open.

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
targeted_qualification_addressed_with_limits
coverage-2 Saved research record

Separate $50 consumer education-program cap

Recorded check status: recorded; no individual primary acceptance inferred

Status after PASS-03
Resolved as to statutory ceiling and express exception; mixed-customer application partial
Supporting claims
S_ME-P3-C001–C002
Remaining limitation / exact next evidence
The $50 consumer cap is within the same section and therefore carries the same §6174-B(3) boundary. Fee earning, collection timing, refund treatment, bundling, federal treatment, and application to outbound transactions of a mixed-customer provider remain open.

Recorded coordinator check boundaries

coordinator acceptance
targeted_qualification_addressed_with_limits

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