CHAPTER 7

H.P. 74 - L.D. 66

An Act to Repeal the Mandate to Perambulate the Municipal

Boundary Lines when there is No Boundary Dispute

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

Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §2851, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6, c. 9, §2 and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

Boundary If a municipality, acting through its board of municipal officers, formally advises the municipal officers of one or more adjoining municipalities that there is a dispute regarding the location of the boundary or boundaries between the municipality and its adjoining municipalities, the boundary lines between municipalities shall must be perambulated once every 5 years to determine whether the boundary location is apparent within 5 meters, except as provided in subsection 7. The following procedures apply.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §2851, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6, c. 9, §2 and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:

7. Monumentation and record. Municipal boundaries do not need not to be perambulated more often than once every 10 years if:

A. Monuments of granite or other material of comparable life and resistance to movement are located at all angle points and at intervals not exceeding 500 meters along straight boundaries, except for water crossings which that exceed that interval;