CHAPTER 358

H.P. 1028 - L.D. 1401

An Act To Provide the Office of the State Fire Marshal

with Adequate Funding for Construction Plans Review

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 25 MRSA §2450, as amended by PL 1997, c. 728, §24, is further amended to read:

§2450. Examinations by Department of Public Safety

The Commissioner of Public Safety shall adopt, in accordance with requirements of the Maine Administrative Procedure Act, a schedule of fees for the examination of all plans for construction, reconstruction or repairs submitted to the Department of Public Safety. A fee charged pursuant to this section The fee schedule for new construction or new use is 5__per square foot for occupied spaces and 2__per square foot for bulk storage occupancies, except that a fee for review of a plan for new construction by a public school may not exceed $450.__The fee schedule for reconstruction, repairs or renovations is based on the cost of the project and may not exceed $450. The fees must be credited to a special revenue account to defray expenses in carrying out this section. Any balance of the fees may not lapse, but must be carried forward as a continuing account to be expended for the same purpose in the following fiscal years.