Maine Revised Statutes
Subchapter 3: PARTICULAR NUISANCES
17 §2806. Sport shooting ranges

§2806. Sport shooting ranges
1.  Acquisition of property near existing range.  Except as provided in this subsection, a person may not maintain a nuisance action, including for noise, against a shooting range located in the vicinity of that person's property if the shooting range was established as of the date the person acquired the property. If there is a substantial change in use of the range after the person acquires the property, the person may maintain a nuisance action if the action is brought within 3 years from the beginning of the substantial change.  
[PL 2015, c. 433, §1 (AMD).]
2.  Establishment of shooting range near existing property.  A person who owns property in the vicinity of a shooting range that was established after the person acquired the property may maintain a nuisance action, including for noise, against that shooting range only if the action is brought within 5 years after establishment of the range or 3 years after a substantial change in use of the range.  
[PL 2015, c. 433, §1 (AMD).]
3.  Dormant shooting range.  If there has been no shooting activity at a range for a period of 3 years, resumption of shooting is considered establishment of a new shooting range for purposes of this section.  
[PL 1995, c. 231, §1 (NEW).]
4.  Application.  This section does not limit nuisance actions against shooting ranges established on or after September 1, 2016.  
[PL 2015, c. 433, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 231, §1 (NEW). PL 2015, c. 433, §§1, 2 (AMD).

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