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

 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §685-A, sub-§12, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 335, §1, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
12. Timber harvesting activities in areas adjacent to rivers,
streams, ponds, wetlands and tidal waters.__Rules adopted
pursuant to section 8867-B for the purpose of regulating timber
harvesting and timber harvesting activities in areas adjacent to
rivers, streams, ponds, wetlands and tidal waters do not become
effective for the unorganized and deorganized areas until:

 
A.__More than 1/2 of all municipalities in the State have
either accepted the statewide standards in accordance with
Title 38, section 438-B, subsection 2 or have adopted an
ordinance identical to the statewide standards in accordance
with Title 38, section 438-B, subsection 3; and

 
B.__The Commissioner of Conservation has filed notification
with the Secretary of State that the condition imposed under
paragraph A has been met.

 
The Director of the Bureau of Forestry within the Department of
Conservation shall administer and enforce the regulation of
timber harvesting and timber harvesting activities in these
areas. For the purposes of this subsection, "timber harvesting"
and "timber harvesting activities" have the same meanings as in
section 8868, subsections 4 and 5.

 
Sec. 2. 38 MRSA §438-B, first ¶, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 335, §5, is
amended to read:

 
Except as provided in subsection 4, beginning January 1, 2006,
rules adopted by the Commissioner of Conservation under Title 12,
section 8867-B apply statewide in all municipalities of the State
for the purpose of regulating timber harvesting and timber
harvesting activities in shoreland areas.

 
Sec. 3. PL 2003, c. 335, §7 is amended to read:

 
Sec. 7. Review of rules pertaining to timber harvesting in shoreland areas within
unorganized and deorganized areas. No later than October 1, 2005, the
Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, in consultation with the
Director of the Bureau of Forestry within the Department of
Conservation, shall review the commission's rules pertaining to
timber harvesting and timber harvesting activities in shoreland
areas and provide for the repeal or amendment of rules that
duplicate or conflict with the rules adopted by the Commissioner
of Conservation pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12,
section 8867-B. The commission shall ensure that any necessary


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