Me. Stat. tit. 12 § 9326
The Director of the Bureau of Forestry shall develop or cause to be developed a system to electronically issue permits for burning in all areas of the State using a publicly accessible site on the Internet. [2013, c. 35, §1(AMD); 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §23(REV).]
The system developed under this section for electronically issuing permits must provide a fire warden with the ability to change the criteria for issuing a permit in a municipality except for times when the director imposes more restrictive criteria or a ban on the issuance of permits. [2005, c. 12, Pt. U, §2(NEW).]
A person may apply for a permit to burn using the Internet or as otherwise provided in this article. When a person applies for and is issued a permit electronically pursuant to this section, a fee may not be charged. [2021, c. 414, §1(AMD).]
12 M.R.S. § 9326