| An Act To Amend the Laws Concerning Eminent Domain |
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| | Mandate preamble. This measure requires one or more local units | of government to expand or modify activities so as to necessitate | additional expenditures from local revenues but does not provide | funding for at least 90% of those expenditures. Pursuant to the | Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 21, 2/3 of all of the | members elected to each House have determined it necessary to | enact this measure. |
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §244, sub-§1, ¶C, as amended by PL 1989, c. 208, §§12 | and 21, is further amended to read: |
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| C. Actual reasonable expenses, but not to exceed $1,000 | $2,500, in searching for a replacement business or farm; and |
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| | Sec. 2. 23 MRSA §244, sub-§1, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 208, §§12 | and 21, is amended to read: |
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| D. Actual reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish a | displaced farm, nonprofit organization or small business at | its new site, in accordance with criteria to be established | by the department, but not to exceed $10,000 $20,000. |
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