38 M.R.S. § 966-A Citizens' Groups Or Organizations

• Library: Maine Revised Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 131st (2023-2024) Legislature Chapter 486
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 38 M.R.S. § 966-A

1.Participation. A citizens' group or organization may participate in all hearings held by the commission, request and receive notices, bring judicial proceedings and exercise all other rights of parties to proceedings before the commission, provided that the group or organization is designated as qualified by an order of the commission under this section.

[ 1979, c. 459, § 1 (NEW) .]

2.Organizations qualified. The commission shall issue an order designating a citizens' group or organization as qualified under this section if it finds that:

A. The group or organization has filed an application showing:

(1) That is has significant and definable interest in the Saco, Ossipee or Little Ossipee Rivers and their adjacent lands; and

(2) That it has at least 50 members in the municipalities whose lands comprise the Saco River Corridor or at least 15 members in a municipality which will be directly affected by a proposed action of the commission. [ 1979, c. 459, § 1 (NEW) .]