Sec. 5. 38 MRSA §438-B, sub-§5 is enacted to read:

5.__Effective date for statewide standards.__Except as provided in subsection 4, rules adopted by the Commissioner of Conservation under Title 12, section 8867-B apply statewide beginning on the first day of January of the 2nd year following the year in which the Commissioner of Conservation determines that at least 252 of the 336 municipalities identified by the Commissioner of Conservation as the municipalities with the highest acreage of timber harvesting activity on an annual basis for the period 1999-2003 have either accepted the statewide standards in accordance with subsection 2 or have adopted an ordinance identical to the statewide standards in accordance with subsection 3.__Within 30 days of making the determination that the 251-municipality threshold has been met, the Commissioner of Conservation shall notify the Secretary of State in writing and advise the secretary of the effective date for the statewide standards.

Sec. 6. PL 2003, c. 335, §§7 and 8 are amended to read:

*Sec. 7. Review of rules pertaining to timber harvesting in shoreland areas within unorganized and deorganized areas. No later than October 1, 2005, the The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, in consultation with the Director of the Bureau of Forestry within the Department of Conservation, shall review the commission's rules pertaining to timber harvesting and timber harvesting activities in shoreland areas and provide for the repeal or amendment of rules that duplicate or conflict with the rules adopted by the Commissioner of Conservation pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 8867-B. The commission shall ensure that any necessary changes in rule become effective