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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, § 3231: Technical and financial assistance program established; purpose, administration, 2025

A municipal or multimunicipal region may request financial or technical assistance from the office for a growth management program, and if it receives a grant it must work with the office and follow the stated…

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Jurisdiction: United States — Maine
Structure: 1 provisions
Official identity: Year 2025
Dates: Enacted 2025 · Source version 1 Oct 2025

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Dates: Enacted 2025 · Source version 1 Oct 2025

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“A municipal or multimunicipal region may request financial or technical assistance from the office for a growth management program, and if it receives a grant it must work with the office and follow the stated procedures, goals, and guidelines.”

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The technical and financial assistance program for municipalities, regional councils and multimunicipal regions, referred to in this subchapter as "the program," is established to encourage and facilitate the adoption and implementation of local, regional and statewide growth management programs. Under the provisions of the program, a municipality or multimunicipal region may request financial or technical assistance from the office for the purpose of planning and implementing a growth management program. A municipality or multimunicipal region that requests and receives a financial assistance grant shall develop and implement its growth management program in cooperation with the office and in a manner consistent with the procedures, goals and guidelines established in this subchapter and in Title 30‑A, chapter 187, subchapter 2. [PL 2025, c. 388, Pt. D, §12 (NEW).] To accomplish the purposes of this subchapter, the office shall develop and administer the program. The program must include direct financial assistance for planning and implementation of growth management programs, standards governing the review of growth management programs by the office, technical assistance to municipalities or multimunicipal regions and a voluntary certification program for growth management programs. [PL 2025, c. 388, Pt. D, §12 (NEW).]

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