PART A

Sec. A-1. 7 MRSA §301, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 532, §2, is repealed.

Sec. A-2. 7 MRSA §331, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 435, §3, is repealed.

Sec. A-3. 7 MRSA §431, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 563, §2, is repealed.

Sec. A-4. 7 MRSA §603, as enacted by PL 1975, c. 382, §3, is repealed.

Sec. A-5. 7 MRSA §971, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 513, §7, is repealed.

Sec. A-6. 7 MRSA §1031, as amended by PL 1987, c. 99, §1, is repealed.

PART B

Sec. B-1. 7 MRSA §17, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1973, c. 541, is amended to read:

In addition to duties expressly authorized in this Title, the commissioner may, upon complaint or for other reasonable cause, investigate any farm operation, method or practice with respect to animal waste within the watersheds of bodies of water as designated in the Department of Environmental Protection's report known as the "State Continuing Planning Process" pursuant to Title III, section 303(e) or the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, Amendments of 1972 in order to determine whether such operation, method or practice may have an adverse effect upon waters of the State as defined in Title 38, section 361-A, subsection 7.

Sec. B-2. 7 MRSA §4204, sub-§1-A, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. B, §25 and affected by Pt. X, §2, is repealed.

SUMMARY

This bill makes several changes to the law that were identified as necessary during the preliminary work on the recodification of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 7.