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Amend the amendment on page 2 in section 4 in subsection 1-C by striking out all of paragraph B (page 2, lines 9 to 16 in amendment) and inserting the following:
 
‘B. Notwithstanding paragraph A, a municipality with fewer than 4,000 residents does not have to enforce the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code if it has voted to not comply with the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code due to a lack of financial resources.’
 
SUMMARY
Under Committee Amendment "B," a municipality may avoid enforcing the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code if it doesn't employ a building official or if it votes to not enforce the code due to a lack of financial resources, unless the State provides sufficient funding to allow the municipality to provide for enforcement. This amendment instead limits the exemption on the enforcement of the code to those municipalities with fewer than 4,000 residents that have voted not to comply with the code due to a lack of financial resources.