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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 37-B, § 804: Local authority, 1989

This section says the subchapter does not preempt local ordinances or rules, does not limit certain local or state enforcement authority, and does not cut off legal claims or equitable remedies.

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Local authority

This section says the subchapter does not preempt local ordinances or rules, does not limit certain local or state enforcement authority, and does not cut off legal claims or equitable remedies.

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Source record from legislature.maine.gov · Enacted 1989 · Source version 1 Oct 2025

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§ 804Local authorityProvision

This section says the subchapter does not preempt local ordinances or rules, does not limit certain local or state enforcement authority, and does not cut off legal claims or equitable remedies.

Nothing in this subchapter or rules adopted under it preempts or otherwise affects any ordinance, regulation or rule of a political subdivision, limits the authority of a political subdivision to adopt or enforce any ordinance, regulation, or rule that it is authorized to adopt or enforce pursuant to the Constitution of Maine and laws of this State, or limits the authority of any department or agency of this State to adopt any rule or enforce any law or rule of this State that it is authorized to adopt or enforce under the laws of this State. This subchapter does not abridge rights of action or remedies in equity, under common law, or as provided by law. [PL 1989, c. 464, §3 (NEW).]
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