CHAPTER 386
S.P. 634 - L.D. 1851
An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding Proposed Unaccepted Streets
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §3032, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 385, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §3032, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:
1-A. Deemed vacation. A proposed, unaccepted way or portion of a proposed, unaccepted way laid out on a subdivision plan recorded in the registry of deeds prior to September 29, 1987 is deemed to have been subject to an order of vacation under section 3027 if, by the later of 15 years after the date of the recording of the subdivision plan laying out the way or portion of the way or September 29, 1997, both of the following conditions have been met:
A. The way or portion of the way has not been constructed or used as a way; and
B. The way or portion of the way has not been accepted as a town, county or state way or highway or as a public, utility or recreational easement.
A way or portion of a way considered vacated under this subsection is subject to section 3033.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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