Maine § 30-A §3001 Ordinance power

Maine Statutes

§ 30-A §3001 — Ordinance power

Maine·Title 30-A MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES·Part 2 MUNICIPALITIES·Ch. 141 ORDINANCES

Any municipality, by the adoption, amendment or repeal of ordinances or bylaws, may exercise any power or function which the Legislature has power to confer upon it, which is not denied either expressly or by clear implication, and exercise any power or function granted to the municipality by the Constitution of Maine, general law or charter.

1.Liberal construction. This section, being necessary for the welfare of the municipalities and their inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.

2.Presumption of authority. There is a rebuttable presumption that any ordinance enacted under this section is a valid exercise of a municipality's home rule authority.

3.Standard of preemption. The Legislature shall not be held to have implicitly denied any power granted to municipa

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Any municipality, by the adoption, amendment or repeal of ordinances or bylaws, may exercise any power or function which the Legislature has power to confer upon it, which is not denied either expressly or by clear implication, and exercise any power or function granted to the municipality by the Constitution of Maine, general law or charter.
1.
Liberal construction.
This section, being necessary for the welfare of the municipalities and their inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.
2.
Presumption of authority.
There is a rebuttable presumption that any ordinance enacted under this section is a valid exercise of a municipality's home rule authority.
3.
Standard of preemption.
The Legislature shall not be held to have implicitly denied any power granted to municipalities under this section unless the municipal ordinance in question would frustrate the purpose of any state law.
4.
Penalties accrue to municipality.
All penalties established by ordinance shall be recovered on complaint to the use of the municipality.

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