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LD 1464		 PUBLIC Law, Chapter 220

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An Act To Streamline the Laws Related to Transportation

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §704, sub-§6,  as amended by PL 2003, c. 571, §2, is further amended to read:

6. Access denied.   The Notwithstanding any other provision of this Title, the Department of Transportation and the municipalities shall deny ingress to and egress from property abutting the a controlled access highway when access rights have been acquired established by the department pursuant to chapter 7, except that the Commissioner of Transportation may allow access for the development of state and state aid highways and may allow access upon a determination by the commissioner that such access will not adversely affect public safety and will not have a significant negative impact on the mobility of through-travelers. The commissioner may approve or deny a relocation of an existing break in a control of access consistent with the rules adopted pursuant to subsection 2.

Sec. 2. Maine Revised Statutes headnote amended; revision clause. In the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23, in the title headnote, the word "highways" is amended to read "transportation" and the Revisor of Statutes shall implement this revision when updating, publishing or republishing the statutes.

Sec. 3. Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23. The Department of Transportation shall work with the Office of Policy and Legal Analysis and the Revisor of Statutes to examine the organization and structure of, and the language contained in, the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 23 and develop recommendations regarding reorganizing or updating that Title or a portion or portions of that Title. The Department of Transportation shall submit those recommendations to the Joint Standing Committee on Transportation no later than December 4, 2013.

Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 126th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.

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