Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §480-C, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 809. §2, is amended to read:

2. Activities requiring a permit. The following activities require a permit:

A. Dredging, bulldozing, removing or displacing soil, sand, vegetation or other materials;

B. Draining or otherwise dewatering;

C. Filling, including adding sand or other material to a sand dune; or

D. Any construction, repair or alteration of any permanent structure.; or

E.__Reconstruction, replacement, alteration or expansion of a structure located within a coastal sand dune system if:

(1)__The activity does not occur in a V-Zone designated before January 1, 1999 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the National Flood Insurance Program; and

(2)__The activity occurs in a V-Zone designated after January 1, 1999 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the National Flood Insurance Program.

The department may not deny a permit for any activity under this paragraph solely because the activity occurs in a V- Zone designated after January 1, 1999 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the National Flood Insurance Program.

SUMMARY

This bill requires any building located within the so-called V-Zone, as designated by the National Flood Insurance Program after January 1, 1999, to have the same restrictions and permit requirements that existed prior to expansion of the V-Zones.