An Act To Help Municipalities Prepare for Changes in Sea Level
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 0408
Committee Amendment CA_A_H68 (House)
Amends: 30-A MRSA §4326

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" J4 " to H.P. 274, L.D. 408, Bill, "An Act To Help 
Municipalities Prepare for Changes in Sea Level" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 3 to 6 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §4326, first " as amended by PL 2001, c. 578, §15, is 
further amended to read: 
A growth management program must include at least a comprehensive plan, as 
described in subsections 1 to -4- 4-A, and an implementation program as described in 
subsection 5. 
Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §4326, sub-§4-A is enacted to read: 
4-A. Addressing sea level change. A coastal municipality or multimunicipal region 
that includes a coastal municipality may include in its comprehensive plan projections 
regarding changes in sea level and potential impacts of changes in sea level on buildings, 
transportation infrastructure, sewage treatment facilities and other relevant municipal, 
multimunicipal or privately held infrastructure or property and may develop a 
coordinated plan for addressing the impacts of changes in sea level. For the purposes of 
this subsection, "coastal municipality" means a municipality or township in the coastal 
zone as identified by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Maine 
Coastal Program.' 
Amend the bill in section 7 in subsection 4-A in the first line (page 2, line 4 in L.D.) 
by striking out the following: "rise. Address and plan" and inserting the following: 
'change. Encourage the assessment of and planning' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee: 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A 
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1. 
Removes the sections of the bill that require the inventory and analysis of a 
comprehensive plan under the growth management program for a coastal municipality or 
multimunicipal region to include projections regarding sea level rise and its potential 
impacts; 
2. 
Removes the sections of the bill that require a coastal municipality or 
multi municipal region that includes a coastal municipality to develop a coordinated plan 
for addressing the impacts of changes in sea level as a guideline for policy development 
and implementation strategies of a comprehensive plan within the growth management 
plan elements; 
3. 
Provides that a coastal municipality or multimunicipal region that includes a 
coastal municipality may include projections regarding sea level change and its impacts 
in its comprehensive plan and may develop a coordinated plan for addressing impacts of 
changes in sea level; 
4. 
Provides that "coastal municipality" means a municipality or township in the 
coastal zone as identified by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, 
Maine Coastal Program; and 
5. Amends the bill to clarify that the assessment of and planning for impacts of 
changes in sea level, instead of sea level rise, are encouraged, instead of addressed, in 
coastal management policies when state, local and federal agencies responsible for 
regulating, planning, developing or managing coastal resources conduct activities 
affecting the coastal area. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 04/05/15 .muc: 
LD408 
LR 1096(02) 
An Act To Help Municipalities Prepare for Changes in Sea Level 
Fiscal N~te for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,,{+ ( If.- b g) 
Committee: State and Local Government 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - Other Special Revenue Funds-
Any additional costs to the Department of Environmental Protection to encourage the assessment of and planning for 
the impacts of changes in sea level on certain infrastructure, property or resources are expected to be minor and can be 
absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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