Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2496, last ¶, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 727, §1, is amended to read:

Beginning March 1, 2001, rules regulating tent and recreational vehicle parks, agricultural fair camping facilities, temporary campgrounds and wilderness recreational parks are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A. This paragraph is repealed March 1, 2004.

Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2501, as amended by PL 1977, c. 78, §148, is further amended to read:

§2501. Exceptions

Private homes shall may not be deemed or considered lodging places and subject to a license where not more than 3 rooms are let. A license shall may not be required from dormitories of charitable, educational or philanthropic institutions, fraternity and sorority houses affiliated with educational institutions, or from private homes used in emergencies for the accommodation of persons attending conventions, fairs or similar public gatherings, nor from temporary eating and lodging places for the same, nor from railroad dining or buffet cars, nor from construction camps, nor from boarding houses and camps conducted in connection with wood cutting and logging operations, nor from any boarding care facilities or children's homes which that are licensed under section 7801.

Cottages shall may not be deemed or considered lodging places and subject to a license where not more than 3 cottages are let.

Stores or other establishments, where bottled soft drinks or ice cream is sold for consumption from the original containers only, and where no tables, chairs, glasses or other utensils are provided in connection with such sale, shall may not be considered eating places within the meaning of this section. At such establishments, straws or spoons may be provided to aid in the consumption of such bottled soft drinks or ice cream, provided they shall be as long as they are supplied in original individual single service sterile packages.

Nonprofit organizations including, but not limited to, 4-H Clubs, scouts and agricultural societies shall be are exempt from department rules and regulations relating to dispensing foods and nonalcoholic beverages at not more than 12 public events or meals within one calendar year.