Sec. X-5. 22 MRSA §2499, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1981, c. 703, Pt. A, §19, is further amended to read:

6. License fee. When a license is issued on the basis of a municipal inspection to an eating establishment located in a municipality to which authority to conduct inspection has been delegated by the department as specified in this section, the requirement for payment of a license fee by the establishment to the department as set forth in section 2494 shall must be waived. However, the licensee shall be is required to pay the department a sum not to exceed $10 $60 to support the costs of mailing and handling.

Sec. X-6. 22 MRSA §2499, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 496, §3, is amended to read:

7. Licenses. Licenses issued under this section 2499 must be displayed, renewed and in every other way treated the same as licenses issued under this chapter on the basis of inspection by the department.

Sec. X-7. 22 MRSA §2499, sub-§9 is enacted to read:

9.__Delegation renewal.__Beginning January 1, 2005, and every 3 years thereafter, the department shall review the restaurant inspection program of the municipalities to which authority to conduct inspections has been delegated.__The process for the delegation of this authority and other such provisions describing the assignment of and removal of this delegation of authority must be established by rule and must include, but not be limited to, staff competency, enforcement and compliance history, inspection practices and reporting practices.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

PART Y

Sec. Y-1. 22 MRSA §14, sub-§2-I, śC as amended by PL 1993, c. 707, Pt. I, §1, is further amended to read:

C. A The department's claim may not be made under paragraph A, subparagraph (2) or (3) until against assets