{"data":{"id":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-4463","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"30-A M.R.S. §4463","heading":"Approval of river corridor commissions","body":"The commissioner may grant commission status and all the privileges and powers enjoyed by the commissions, as specified in this chapter, when the commissioner finds that:\n1.  Occupation of shoreland by 2 or more municipalities.  Two or more municipalities, which collectively occupy enough of the shoreland on a river segment to be effective in managing the shorelands of the river, have entered into an agreement under chapter 115, which satisfies the requirements of section 4464;\n2.  Comprehensive plan.  The same municipalities have prepared a comprehensive plan which satisfies the requirements of section 4465;\n3.  Ordinance.  The same municipalities have prepared an ordinance to implement the comprehensive plan which satisfies the requirements of section 4466; and\n4.  Other commissions.  No other commission exists on the same river, or the distance between the proposed and existing commissions makes the formation of one larger commission impractical.","path":["TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES","PART 2: MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 189: RIVER CORRIDOR COMMISSIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/30-A/title30-Asec4463.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:36Z","sha256":"09ed6522f2aaaa1e2a79e3d2fa6fb366b20a3eaa7020195c5ec9cc0311ba4628","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-4462","next":"us-me/30-a-m.r.s.-4464"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}