Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4401, sub-§4, ¶H, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001, c. 359, §4 and affected by §8, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

H.__This subsection contains the following limits on home rule authority.

(1)__The definition of "subdivision" is a minimum definition for all municipalities.__Municipalities may not use their home-rule authority to make the definition less inclusive, thereby reviewing fewer divisions than required under the minimum statutory definition.

(2)__Notwithstanding subparagraph 1, municipalities that have a local comprehensive plan that is consistent with subchapter II and a zoning ordinance that is consistent with their comprehensive plan may modify the definition of "subdivision" to make it more inclusive, thereby reviewing more divisions than required under the minimum statutory definition.__If a municipality modifies the definition of "subdivision" pursuant to this subparagraph:

(a)__The modification applies only to the geographic areas of the municipality designated as a rural area in accordance with subchapter II, section 4326.

(b)__The geographic boundary of the rural area must be clearly mapped on a plan that shows parcel boundaries within the municipality;

(c)__When a parcel is split by the geographic boundary of a rural area, the more inclusive local definition of "subdivision" applies;

(d)__The municipality must record the more inclusive local definition of "subdivision" and the parcel map clearly indicating the affected parcels at the registry of deeds for the county in which the municipality is located.__The more inclusive local definition is not valid until the date it and the parcel map are recorded at the county registry of deeds.__Any amendment to the more inclusive local definition is enforceable only upon the recording of the amendment at the county registry of deeds; and