Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §4301, sub-§6-A, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 18, §1, is amended to read:

6-A. Impact fee. "Impact fee" means a charge or assessment imposed by a municipality against a new development to fund or recoup a portion of the cost of new, expanded or replacement infrastructure facilities necessitated by and attributable at least in part to the new development.

Sec. 2. 30-A MRSA §4301, sub-§§7 and 11, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. A, §45 and Pt. C, §10, are amended to read:

7. Implementation program. "Implementation program" means that component of a local growth management program which that begins after the adoption of a comprehensive plan and that includes the policies and full range of municipal policy-making powers, including spending and borrowing powers, as well as the powers to adopt or implement ordinances, codes, rules or other land use regulations which, tools or mechanisms that carry out the purposes and general policy statements and strategies of the comprehensive plan in a manner consistent with the goals and guidelines of subchapter II 2.

11. Moratorium. "Moratorium" means a land use ordinance or other regulation approved by a municipal legislative body which that, if necessary, may be adopted on an emergency basis and given immediate effect and that temporarily defers all development, or a type of development, by withholding any permit, authorization or approval necessary for the specified type or types of development.

Sec. 3. 30-A MRSA §4301, sub-§13-A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 406, §1, is amended to read:

13-A. Rate of growth ordinance. "Rate of growth ordinance" means a land use ordinance adopted pursuant to section 4360-A or other rule that, upon a showing of need, temporarily limits the number of building or development permits issued by a municipality or other jurisdiction over a designated time frame.

Sec. 4. 30-A MRSA §4312, sub-§5 is enacted to read:

5.__Additional purposes and goals.__Beyond the purposes and goals outlined in subsections 2 and 3, the Legislature finds that land use planning and regulation is a shared responsibility of State Government and municipal governments.__The shared responsibility occurs in part because of increasing population in many regions of the State, environmental considerations that