Sec. 13. 30-A MRSA §4347-A, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 578, §20, is further amended to read:

1. Comprehensive plans. A municipality or multimunicipal region that chooses to prepare a growth management program and receives a planning grant under this article shall submit its comprehensive plan to the office for review. A municipality or multimunicipal region that chooses to prepare a growth management program without receiving a planning grant under this article may submit its comprehensive plan to the office for review. The office shall review plans for consistency with the procedures, goals and guidelines established in this subchapter. Any A contract for a planning assistance grant must include specific

timetables governing the review of the comprehensive plan by the office. Any A comprehensive plan submitted for review more than 12 months following a contract end date may be required to update contain data, projections and other time-sensitive portions of the plan or program to that are in compliance with the office's most current review standards.

Sec. 14. 30-A MRSA §4347-A, sub-§2, ¶C is enacted to read:

C.__Upon a request for review under this section, the office may review rate of growth, impact fee and zoning ordinances to determine whether the ordinances are consistent with a comprehensive plan that has been found consistent under this section without requiring submission of all elements of a growth management program.__An affirmative finding of consistency by the office is required for a municipality or multimunicipal region to assert jurisdiction as provided in section 4349-A.

Sec. 15. 30-A MRSA §4347-A, sub-§3, ¶¶C and D, as amended by PL 2001, c. 578, §20, are further amended to read:

C. Within 60 days after receiving the comprehensive plan or 90 days after receiving the growth management program, send all written comments on the comprehensive plan or growth management program to the municipality or multimunicipal region and any applicable regional council. If warranted, the office shall issue findings specifically describing how the submitted plan or growth management program is not consistent with the procedures, goals and guidelines established in this subchapter and the recommended measures for remedying the deficiencies.