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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §6206, sub-§1, ¶E, as amended by PL 1999, c. 603, §4,
is further amended to read:

 
E. On January 1, 1995 and on January 1st every 2 years
thereafter 1st of every odd-numbered year, report to the
joint standing committee of the Legislature having
jurisdiction over matters pertaining to state parks and
public lands on expenditures from the Land for Maine's
Future Fund and the Public Access to Maine Waters Fund and
revisions to the strategies and guidelines. This report
must include a description of access to land and interest in
land acquired during the report period.__If an acquisition
has been made that does not include guaranteed public
vehicular access to the land acquired, the board must
provide justification for that acquisition and a plan for
continuing efforts to acquire guaranteed public access to
the land.

 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §6207, sub-§4, ¶¶B and C, as amended by PL 1993, c. 728,
§10, are further amended to read:

 
B. Except as provided in section 6203, subsection 3,
paragraph B and section 6203-A, subsection 3, paragraph B,
capital improvements on any publicly owned facilities; and

 
C. The acquisition of land of which the primary use value
has been and will be as commercially harvested or
harvestable forest land.; and

 
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §6207, sub-§4, ¶D is enacted to read:

 
D.__The acquisition of land or interest in land unless the
landowner conveying the land or interest in land also
conveys rights guaranteeing public vehicular access to the
parcel of land when the landowner has that legal right to
convey.

 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §1817, sub-§7 is enacted to read:

 
7.__Comprehensive outdoor recreation plan.__Beginning January
1, 2003 and every 5 years thereafter, the director shall submit a
state comprehensive outdoor recreation plan to the joint standing
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state parks
and public lands matters, referred in this subsection as the
"committee of legislative oversight."__ The plan submitted by the
bureau for review and approval by the National Park Service to
establish the bureau's eligibility for funding from the land and
water conservation fund under 16 United States Code,


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