An Act to Permit Municipalities to Restrict the Sale of Tobacco Products
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1556, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 470, §9 and affected by §19, is amended to read:
Except as otherwise provided in this section, nothing in this chapter affects the authority of municipalities to enact ordinances or regulations that are more restrictive than this chapter. Municipalities are expressly prohibited from enacting ordinances and regulations regarding tobacco displays, product placement and the time of tobacco product sales after the effective date of this Act.
When a municipality intends to consider an ordinance or regulation or intends to amend an ordinance or regulation so that the ordinance or regulation would be more restrictive than this chapter, the municipality shall give notice of that intention by mail, at least 30 days prior to consideration of the ordinance, regulation or amendment, to the last known address of each retail tobacco licensee doing business within the municipal corporate limits. This notice must state the time, place and date of a hearing or proposed enact
ment and the subject matter of the proposed ordinance, regulation or amendment.
Unless otherwise indicated, effective June 26, 1997.
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