8. Enhanced 9-1-1 service. Assigning and maintaining physical addresses specifically for the purpose of statewide enhanced 9-1-1 service. The county commissioners may enact an ordinance to establish the addressing standards and, pursuant to that ordinance, may assign road names to existing and proposed roads and property numbers to existing and proposed year-round and seasonal dwellings or structures and may install signs designating road names.; and

Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §7501, sub-§9 is enacted to read:

9.__Standard names for unorganized territories.__The assignment of a standard alphabetical name for an unorganized territory in addition to its current township and range designation.__The county commissioners may also change an existing standard alphabetical name if it duplicates or sounds similar to another territory name or is excessively cumbersome or lengthy.

A.__The county commissioners shall hold a public hearing at least 7 days prior to any vote to assign or change a standard alphabetical name.__Public notice must be given 15 days prior to the hearing.

B.__The following criteria must be used in the creation and assignment of a standard name.

(1)__The standard name must be alphabetical and contain no numbers.

(2)__The following sources must be used for the creation and assignment of names:

(a)__The name of the United States Geological Survey 7.5 minute series quadrangle map that covers the majority of the territory;

(b)__The principal geographic feature of the territory; or

(c)__A historical place name for the territory in present day local usage, including names of Native American origin.

(3)__A name that duplicates an existing name of a minor civil division, village or settlement within this State may not be assigned.__A name that sounds similar to the