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Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the following:
PART A
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Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2. Contingent effective date; notice. This Part does not take effect unless the Town of Old Orchard Beach adopts a municipal zoning ordinance relating to marinas that includes standards that are at least as strict as those adopted in the City of Saco at the time of passage of this Act.
Upon adoption of the ordinance and determination by the town manager of Old Orchard Beach that it is at least as strict as the City of Saco ordinance, the town manager of Old Orchard Beach shall notify the City of Saco and the Revisor of Statutes of this adoption.
PART B
Sec. B-1. Working group established. The Town of Old Orchard Beach and the City of Saco may provide representatives to convene a working group to examine regulatory jurisdictions, including zoning, parameters for future development in Saco Bay, uniform environmental regulations for Saco Bay and the feasibility of establishing an oversight group made up of residents from communities bordering Saco Bay. If a working group is convened, the Legislature intends that the Director of the State Planning Office within the Executive Department or the director's designee be invited as well as representatives of the Department of Marine Resources and the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands and any other departments that are determined appropriate by the working group. Representatives of the Town of Scarborough and the City of Biddeford must also be invited to participate in the working group.
Sec. B-2. Working group report. If a working group is established pursuant to section 1, it is authorized to submit a report on its findings related to municipal boundaries, regulatory jurisdictions, uniform environmental regulations and future development strategies in Saco Bay to the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government no later than February 15, 2010.
Sec. B-3. Authority to submit legislation. The Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government is authorized to submit legislation concerning the working group’s findings to the Second Regular Session of the 124th Legislature.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment requires the Town of Old Orchard Beach to adopt a municipal zoning ordinance relating to marinas that is at least as strict as that adopted in the City of Saco at the time of the passage of this legislation before the boundary change can go into effect.
This amendment also authorizes the City of Saco and the Town of Old Orchard Beach to convene a working group to examine regulatory jurisdictions, including zoning, parameters for future development in Saco Bay, uniform environmental regulations for Saco Bay and the feasibility of establishing an oversight group made up of residents from communities bordering Saco Bay. The working group is authorized to submit a report to the Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government.