| The Commissioner of Public Safety shall adopt, in accordance with |
requirements of the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, a schedule of |
fees for the examination of all plans for construction, reconstruction or |
repairs submitted to the Department of Public Safety. A fee charged |
pursuant to this section The fee schedule for new construction or new use |
is 5__per square foot for occupied spaces and 2__per square foot for bulk |
storage occupancies, except that a fee for review of a plan for new |
construction by a public school may not exceed $450.__The fee schedule |
for reconstruction, repairs or renovations is based on the cost of the |
project and may not exceed $450. The fees must be credited to a special |
revenue account to defray expenses in carrying out this section. Any |
balance of the fees may not lapse, but must be carried forward as a |
continuing account to be expended for the same purpose in the following |
fiscal years. |