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| | | An Act To Amend the Rule-making Authority of the |
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| | | Commissioner of Public Safety Regarding the Construction, |
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| | | Installation, Maintenance and Inspection of Chimneys, |
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| | | Fireplaces, Vents and Solid Fuel Burning Appliances |
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| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, the Legislature seeks to amend the rule-making | | authority of the Department of Public Safety with respect to the | | construction, installation, maintenance and inspection of | | chimneys, fireplaces, vents and solid fuel burning appliances and | | to authorize the Department of Public Safety to adopt new rules | | as quickly as the process will allow; and |
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| | | Whereas, the Legislature seeks to immediately repeal current | | rule-making authority pertaining to inspection of chimneys, | | fireplaces, vents and solid fuel burning appliances upon the sale | | or transfer of real estate and to authorize the Department of | | Public Safety to adopt new rules as quickly as the process will | | allow; and |
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| | | Whereas, the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, | | subchapter 2-A requires legislative authorization before major | | substantive agency rules may be finally adopted by the agency, so | | rules pertaining to inspection and maintenance of chimneys, | | fireplaces, vents and solid fuel burning appliances upon the sale | | or transfer of real estate must come back to the Legislature for | | that review; and |
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