LD 577
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LD 577 Title Page An Act To Amend the Law Governing Rate of Growth Ordinances LD 577 Title Page
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LR 1997
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
CONCEPT DRAFT

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.

 
This bill proposes to amend the current law governing rate of
growth ordinances:

 
1. To require a town to demonstrate the need for a growth cap
prior to adopting a rate of growth ordinance;

 
2. To establish a 3-year sunset for a rate of growth
ordinance in a municipality; and

 
3. To require that growth areas identified in an approved
comprehensive plan be exempt from the growth cap.


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