Title 30-A

Upon approval of a subdivision plan, plat or document under section 4403, subsection 5, a municipality may not require less than 90 days for the subdivision plan, plat or document to be recorded in the registry of deeds.

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2025, c. 684, §2 (NEW).] 1. Certificate holder. "Certificate holder" means an individual holding a code enforcement officer certificate issued under section 44…

1. Certification required; exceptions. A municipality may not employ any individual to perform the duties of a code enforcement officer who is not certified by the former State Planning Office, the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of Community Development,…

1. Certification review committee; established. The certification review committee is established to receive, review, investigate when appropriate and respond to complaints regarding any violation of this subchapter or rules established by the Technical Building Codes and Standar…

Upon the request of the division director or upon the committee's own motion, the committee shall review complaints about a certificate holder received regarding noncompliance with or violation of this subchapter or rules adopted by the Technical Building Codes and Standards Boar…

Before proceeding with any investigation regarding a complaint filed against a certificate holder, the division director, the committee or staff shall notify the certificate holder, the municipality, state agency or entity employing the certificate holder and the administrators o…

The division director may proceed with any action the division director determines appropriate after the response time periods in section 4451‑C have passed. Further action may include, but is not limited to, the following: [PL 2025, c. 684, §8 (NEW).] 1. Dismissal of complaint. …

If, in the opinion of the division director, the committee or staff, the factual basis of the complaint is or may be true and the complaint is of sufficient gravity to warrant further action, the division director, the committee or staff may request an informal conference with th…

The division director or the committee may take action against an applicant for a certificate or a certificate holder pursuant to this subchapter or any rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter, including, but not limited to, a decision to refuse to issue or renew a certificate …

If the division director or the committee finds that the factual basis of the complaint is true and is of sufficient gravity to warrant further action, the division director or the committee may take any of the following actions. [PL 2025, c. 684, §11 (NEW).] 1. Letter of guidanc…

All complaints, charges or accusations of misconduct, replies to those complaints, charges or accusations and any other information or materials that are considered by the division director or the committee are confidential. If a person subject to this chapter requests an adjudic…

The Maine Office of Community Affairs may adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2‑A.

1. Enforcement. A municipal official, such as a municipal code enforcement officer, local plumbing inspector or building official, who is designated by ordinance or law with the responsibility to enforce a particular law or ordinance set forth in subsection 5, 6 or 7, may: A. Ent…

The Department of Public Safety, Office of the State Fire Marshal shall establish certification standards and a program to certify familiarity with court procedures for the following individuals: [PL 2019, c. 517, §7 (AMD).] 1. Code enforcement officers. Code enforcement officers…

Pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, a municipality may adopt an ordinance under its home rule authority to regulate water level regimes and minimum flow requirements for impounded bodies of water and dams that are entirely within its corporate boundary.

Prior to regulating a water level regime or minimum flow on any impounded body of water, a municipality shall adopt an ordinance and submit that ordinance to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection for review and approval. An ordinance adopted under this section must include…

Two or more municipalities may enter into an interlocal agreement under this section to regulate water level regimes and minimum flow requirements for impounded bodies of water and dams that are entirely within the corporate boundaries of those municipalities only if each municip…

Immediately upon the commissioner's approval of an ordinance submitted under this subchapter, all powers and duties of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection set forth in Title 38, chapter 5, subchapter 1, article 3‑A, vest in that municipality.