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| | | An Act To Improve Subdivision Standards |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §685-B, sub-§4-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 4-A.__Subdivision of land subject to liquidation harvesting.__ | | The commission may not approve an application for a subdivision | | if the commission determines that timber on the parcel proposed | | for subdivision has been harvested in violation of rules adopted | | pursuant to section 8869, subsection 14.__If a violation of rules | | adopted by the Maine Forest Service to substantially eliminate | | liquidation harvesting has occurred, the commission must | | determine prior to granting approval for the subdivision that 5 | | years have elapsed from the date the landowner under whose | | ownership the harvest occurred acquired the parcel. The | | commission may request technical assistance from the Maine Forest | | Service to determine if a rule violation has occurred. |
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| | | For the purposes of this subsection, "liquidation harvesting" has | | the same meaning as in section 8868, subsection 6 and "parcel" | | means a contiguous area within one municipality, township or | | plantation owned by one person or a group of persons in common or | | joint ownership.__This subsection takes effect on the effective | | date of rules adopted pursuant to section 8869, subsection 14. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §4404, sub-§18, as amended by PL 1997, c. 226, §3, | | is further amended to read: |
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