Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4352, sub-§10, ¶B, as amended by PL 1999, c. 761, §9, is further amended to read:

B. For each parcel within the municipality that is in or abutting the portion of the municipality affected by the proposed amendment, the notice must be mailed by first class mail at least 13 days before the public hearing to the last known address of the person to whom property tax on each parcel is assessed. Notice also must be sent to a public drinking water supplier if the area to be rezoned is within its source water protection area. The municipal officers shall prepare and file with the municipal clerk a written certificate indicating those persons to whom the notice was mailed and at what addresses, when it was mailed, by whom it was mailed and from what location it was mailed. This certificate constitutes prima facie evidence that notice was sent to those persons named in the certificate. Notice is not required under this paragraph for any type of zoning ordinance adopted under the laws governing growth management contained in chapter 187, subchapter II or the laws governing shoreland zoning contained in Title 38, chapter 3, subchapter I, article 2-B.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §4352, sub-§11 is enacted to read:

11.__Notice upon adoption.__Notice of the adoption of any new zoning ordinance or any change to a zoning ordinance within a municipality must be mailed by first class mail to the last known address of each person to whom property tax is assessed in the municipality.

Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §438-A, sub-§1-B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 542, §1, is amended to read:

1-B. Notification to landowners. This subsection governs notice to landowners whose property is being considered for placement in a resource protection zone.

A. In addition to the notice required by Title 30-A, section 4352, subsection 9, a municipality shall provide written notification to landowners whose property is being considered by the municipality for placement in a resource protection zone. Notification to landowners must be made by first-class mail to the last known addresses of the persons against whom property tax on each parcel is assessed. The municipal officers shall prepare and file with the municipal clerk a sworn, notarized certificate indicating those persons to whom notice was mailed and at what addresses, and