| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §4205, sub-§3 is enacted to read: |
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| | 3.__Industrialized farms within jurisdiction of the Maine Land | Use Regulation Commission.__Notwithstanding this section, the | Maine Land Use Regulation Commission may regulate a livestock | operation that is an industrialized farm as defined in Title 12, | section 682, subsection 19. |
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| | Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §4206, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 642, §2, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §682, sub-§19 is enacted to read: |
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| | 19.__Industrialized farm.__"Industrialized farm" means a farm | owned by a corporation organized under the laws of any state of | the United States or any country that is not a family farm | corporation as defined in Title 10, section 9i.63-A, subsection | 16.__"Industrialized farm" includii.es a family farm corporation | when the farm is a livestock operatiii.ion and livestock is | owiv.ned by a corporation or produced under contract for a | corporation that iv.s not a family farm corporation. |
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| | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §685-A, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1997, c. 642, §3, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 5. Considerations, application and exemptions. A land use | standard may not deprive an owner or lessee or subsequent owner | or lessee of any interest in real estate of the use to which it | is lawfully devoted at the time of adoption of that standard. | Year-round and seasonal single residences and operating farms in | existence and use as of September 23, 1971, while so used, and | new accessory buildings or structures or renovations of the | buildings or structures that are or may be necessary to the | satisfactory and comfortable continuation of these residential | and farm uses are exempt from the requirements of section 685-B, | subsection 1. |
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| Land use standards adopted pursuant to this chapter for | management districts may not limit the right, method or manner of | cutting or removing timber or crops, the construction and | maintenance of hauling roads, the operation of machinery or the | erection of buildings and other structures used primarily for | agricultural or commercial forest product purposes, including | tree farms. Notwithstanding this subsection, a permit from the | commission is required for roads covering a ground area of 3 | acres or more constructed in management districts, unless those | roads are constructed and maintained in accordance with the | guidelines of the commission's Land Use Handbook, Section 6, |
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