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LD 725		 Session - 128th Maine Legislature
 
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An Act To Recognize Local Control Regarding Food and Water Systems

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

Sec. 1. 7-A MRSA §101, sub-§2-B  is enacted to read:

2-B.  Local food system.   "Local food system" means a community food system within a municipality that integrates food production, processing, consumption, direct producer-to-consumer exchanges and other traditional foodways to enhance the environmental, economic, social and nutritional health and well-being of the municipality and its residents.

Sec. 2. 7-A MRSA §201-B  is enacted to read:

§ 201-B.  Local authority to regulate water and food systems

Pursuant to the home rule authority granted to municipalities by Title 30-A, section 3001 and by the Constitution of Maine, Article VIII, Part Second, and pursuant to section 201-A, and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a municipal government may regulate by ordinance local food systems and the transport of water for commercial purposes beyond the boundaries of the municipality, and the State shall recognize such ordinances.

summary

This bill authorizes municipal governments to regulate local food systems and the transport of water for commercial purposes by ordinance and requires the State to recognize such ordinances.

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