‘An Act To Allow Municipalities To Opt Not To Enforce the Maine Uniform Energy Code’
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Session - 128th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number H-211, Sponsored by
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LR 308 Item 2 |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Allow Municipalities To Opt Not To Enforce the Maine Uniform Energy Code’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §9724, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2011, c. 408, §4, is further amended to read:
Sec. 2. 25 MRSA §2371, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 699, §11, is amended to read:
Sec. 3. 25 MRSA §2373, first ¶, as amended by PL 2011, c. 408, §6, is further amended to read:
The A code must be enforced in a municipality that has more than 4,000 residents and that has adopted any building code by August 1, 2008. Beginning July 1, 2012, the code must be enforced in a municipality that has more than 4,000 residents and that has not adopted any building code by August 1, 2008. The code must be enforced municipality shall enforce the code required by Title 10, section 9724, subsection 1 through inspections that comply with the code through any of the following means:
Sec. 4. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.’
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, replaces the bill and changes the title. The amendment allows a municipality that has more than 4,000 residents to affirmatively opt out of the Maine Uniform Energy Code by adopting the Maine Uniform Building Code.