Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §685-B, sub-§4-A is enacted to read:

4-A.__Subdivision of liquidated timberland.__When considering an application pursuant to subsection 4, the commission may not approve an application for subdivision if it finds that:

A.__Within 5 years prior to the date of the subdivision application, the land proposed for subdivision was used primarily as timberland;

B.__Within 5 years prior to the date of the subdivision application, the land proposed for subdivision changed ownership;

C.__The proposed subdivision would convert the primary use of the land from timberland to nontimberland use; and

D.__The land being subdivided exceeds 100 acres by itself or in conjunction with other divisions that were created out of the same parcel of record within 5 years prior to the date of the subdivision application and that resulted in the conversion of the primary use of the lots from timberland to nontimberland use.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §4404, sub-§18, as amended by PL 1997, c. 226, §3, is further amended to read:

18. Lake phosphorus concentration. The long-term cumulative effects of the proposed subdivision will not unreasonably increase a great pond's phosphorus concentration during the construction phase and life of the proposed subdivision; and

Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §4404, sub-§19, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 226, §4, is amended to read:

19. Impact on adjoining municipality. For any proposed subdivision that crosses municipal boundaries, the proposed subdivision will not cause unreasonable traffic congestion or unsafe conditions with respect to the use of existing public ways in an adjoining municipality in which part of the subdivision is located.; and

Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §4404, sub-§20 is enacted to read:

20.__Subdivision of liquidated timberland.__For any proposed subdivision that involves land located outside of a designated