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Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0286
Committee Amendment CA_A_H166 (House)
Amends: 30-A MRSA §4347-A

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "ft" to H. P. 211, L. D. 
Act To Eliminate the State Planning Office" 
286, Bill, "An 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
I An Act To Eliminate Certain Programs of the State Planning 
Office' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4347-A, sub-§I, as amended by PL 2003, c. 
641, §13, 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. 
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The 
office shall review plans for consistency with the procedures, 
goals and guidelines established in this subchapter. 
A contract 
for a planning assistance grant must include specific timetables 
governing the review of the comprehensive plan by the office. 
A 
comprehensive plan submitted for 
review more 
than 
months 
follov7ing a contract end date may be required to contain data, 
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projections and other time-sensitive portions of the plan or 
program that are in compliance with the office's most current 
review standards. 
Reyiew by the office is advisory only. 
Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §4347-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2003, c. 
641, §14, is repealed. 
Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §4347-A, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2003, c. 
641, §15, is further amended to read: 
3. 
Review of 
comprehensive plan or qrowth 
management 
proqram. In reviewing a comprehensive plan or growth management 
program under a planning grant, the office shall: 
A. 
Solicit written comments on any proposed comprehensive 
plan or growth management program from regional councils, 
state 
agencies, 
all 
municipalities 
contiguous 
to 
the 
municipality 
or 
multimunicipal 
region 
submitting 
a 
comprehensive plan or growth management program and any 
interested residents of the municipality or multimunicipal 
region or of contiguous municipalities. 
The comment period 
extends 
for 
days 
after 
the 
office 
receives 
the 
comprehensive plan or growth management program. 
(1) 
Each state agency reviewing the proposal shall 
designate 
a 
person 
or 
persons 
responsible 
for 
coordinating the agency's review of the comprehensive 
plan or growth management program. 
(2) 
Any regional council commenting on a program shall 
determine whether the program is compatible with the 
programs of other municipalities that may be affected 
by the program and with regional policies or needs 
identified by the regional council; 
B. 
Prepare all written comments from all sources in a form 
to 
be 
forwarded 
to 
the 
municipality or 
mUltimunicipal 
region; ~ 
C. 
Within 60 days after rece~v~ng the comprehensive plan or 
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. 
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(1) 
In its findings, the office shall clearly indicate 
its 
position 
on 
any 
point 
on 
which 
there 
are 
significant 
conflicts 
among 
the 
written 
comments 
submitted to the office. 
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This amendment 
removes the option 
that 
has 
not yet 
comprehensive plan 
Office for review. 
or 
mUltimunicipal 
SUMMARY 
replaces the original bill. 
The amendment 
of a municipality or mUltimunicipal region 
received 
a 
planning grant 
to 
submit its 
to the Executive Department, State Planning 
It eliminates the process for a municipality 
region 
to 
periodically revise 
its 
growth 
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to H.P. 211, L.D. 286 
management 
program 
to 
account 
for 
changes. 
It removes 
the 
responsibility 
of 
the 
State 
Planning 
Office 
to 
review 
comprehensive land use plans and growth management programs and 
issue certificates of consistency. 
It removes the responsibility 
of the State Planning Office to review rate-of-growth, impact fee 
and zoning ordinances to determine whether they are consistent 
with a comprehensive plan. 
It removes the need for a positive 
review of comprehensive plans by the State Planning Office for a 
municipality or multimunicipal region to receive state capital 
investments. 
It removes the provision that the State Planning 
Office decision on consistency of a comprehensive plan or growth 
management 
program constitutes 
final 
agency action and makes 
clear that review is advisory only. 
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