Maine Revised Statutes Title 8. Amusements and Sports § 227-B. Regulation restricted; exception

1. Regulation restricted. Except as provided in subsection 2, a political subdivision of the State, including, but not limited to, a municipality, county, township or village corporation, may not adopt an order, ordinance, rule or regulation concerning the issuance of permits under section 227-A.

2. Exception. This section does not prohibit an order, ordinance, rule or regulation of a political subdivision that, with the exception of appropriate penalty provisions, conforms exactly with an applicable provision of state law or that regulates the issuance of these permits within a jurisdiction.