| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §682, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1973, c. 569, §2, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Unorganized and deorganized areas. "Unorganized and | deorganized areas" shall include includes all areas located | within the jurisdiction of the State of Maine, except areas | located within organized cities and towns, and Indian | reservations unorganized and deorganized townships, plantations | that have not received commission approval under section 685-A, | subsection 4 to implement their own land use controls, towns that | have organized since 1971 but have not received commission | approval under section 685-A, subsection 4 to implement their own | land use controls and all other areas of the State that are not | part of an organized municipality except Indian reservations. |
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| | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §682, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1979, c. 631, §1, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 4. Structure. "Structure" shall mean means anything | constructed or erected with a fixed location on or in the ground, | or attached to something having a fixed location on or in the | ground, including, but not limited to, buildings, mobile homes, | retaining walls, fences, billboards, signs, piers and floats. It | shall does not include a wharf, fish weir or trap that may be | licensed under Title 38, chapter 9. |
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| | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §683, as amended by PL 1997, c. 683, Pt. B, §6 and | affected by §7, is further amended to read: |
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| §683. Creation of Maine Land Use Regulation Commission |
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| | The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, as established by | Title 5, section 12004-D, subsection 1 to carry out the purposes | stated in section 681, is created within the Department of | Conservation, and in this chapter called the "commission." The | commission is charged with implementing this chapter in all of | the unorganized and deorganized areas of the State. The | commission consists of 7 public members, none of whom may be | state employees, who must be appointed by the Governor, subject | to review by the joint standing committee of the Legislature | having jurisdiction over conservation matters and to confirmation | by the Legislature, for staggered 4-year terms. Of the potential | appointees to the commission, the Governor shall actively seek | and give consideration to persons who are knowledgeable in | commerce and industry; fisheries and wildlife; forestry; and | conservation. In addition the Governor shall actively seek and | give consideration to persons residing in or near the unorganized | areas of the State and to persons residing on unorganized coastal |
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