An Act to Ensure That the Exemption of Certain Agricultural Buildings from the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code Includes Maple Sugarhouses

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An Act to Ensure That the Exemption of Certain Agricultural Buildings from the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code Includes Maple Sugarhouses

An Act to Ensure That the Exemption of Certain Agricultural Buildings from the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code Includes Maple Sugarhouses Sponsor: Representative Mark Cooper Reference committee: Housing and Economic Development Governor action: Signed by the Governor

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• An Act to Ensure That the Exemption of Certain Agricultural Buildings from the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code Includes Maple Sugarhouses Sponsor: Representative Mark Cooper Reference committee: Housing and Economic Development Governor action: Signed by the Governor

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Official Summary Text

An Act to Ensure That the Exemption of Certain Agricultural Buildings from the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code Includes Maple Sugarhouses
Sponsor:
Representative Mark Cooper
Reference committee:
Housing and Economic Development
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 371 - L.D. 603
An Act to Ensure That the Exemption of Certain Agricultural Buildings
from the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code Includes Maple
Sugarhouses
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §9722, sub-§6, ¶B-1, as amended by PL 2023, c. 527, §1, is
further amended by amending subparagraph (3) to read:
(3) That building materials from local sawmills, including but not limited to
nongraded lumber, are permissible under the Maine Uniform Building and Energy
Code; and
Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §9722, sub-§6, ¶B-1, as amended by PL 2023, c. 527, §1, is
further amended by amending subparagraph (4) to read:
(4) That buildings used to house livestock, store harvested crops or cultivate crops
are not subject to the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code. The exemption
in this subparagraph does not include the cultivation of cannabis regulated under
Title 22 or 28‑B.; and
Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §9722, sub-§6, ¶B-1, as amended by PL 2023, c. 527, §1, is
further amended by enacting a new subparagraph (5) to read:
(5) That buildings used primarily to process or store maple sap or syrup are not
subject to the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code;
APPROVED
APRIL 25, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
46
PUBLIC LAW