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

 
Sec. 1. 30 MRSA §6203, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1985, c. 747, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
5. Passamaquoddy Indian Reservation. "Passamaquoddy Indian
Reservation" means those lands reserved to the Passamaquoddy
Tribe by agreement with the State of Massachusetts dated
September 19, 1794, excepting any parcel within such lands
transferred to a person or entity other than a member of the
Passamaquoddy Tribe subsequent to such agreement and prior to the
effective date of this Act. If any lands reserved to the
Passamaquoddy Tribe by the aforesaid agreement hereafter are
acquired by the Passamaquoddy Tribe, or the secretary on its
behalf, that land shall must be included within the Passamaquoddy
Indian Reservation. For purposes of this subsection, the lands
reserved to the Passamaquoddy Tribe by the aforesaid agreement
shall must be limited to Indian Township in Washington County;
Pine Island, sometimes referred to as Taylor's Island, located in
Big Lake, in Washington County; 100 acres of land located on
Nemcass Point, sometimes referred to as Governor's Point, located
in Washington County and shown on a survey of John Gardner which
that is filed in the Maine State Archives, Executive Council
Records, Report Number 264 and dated June 5, 1855; 100 acres of
land located at Pleasant Point in Washington County as described
in a deed to Captain John Frost from Theodore Lincoln, Attorney
for Benjamin Lincoln, Thomas Russell, and John Lowell dated July
14, 1792, and recorded in the Washington County Registry of Deeds
on April 27, 1801, at Book 3, Page 73; and those 15 islands in
the St. Croix River in existence on September 19, 1794 and
located between the head of the tide of that river and the falls
below the forks of that river, both of which points are shown on
a 1794 plan of Samuel Titcomb which that is filed in the Maine
State Archives in Maine Land Office Plan Book Number 1, page 33.
The "Passamaquoddy Indian Reservation" includes those lands which
have been or may be acquired by the Passamaquoddy Tribe within
that portion of the Town of Perry which that lies south of Route
1 on the east side of Route 190 and south of lands now owned or
formerly owned by William Follis on the west side of Route 190,
provided that no such lands may be included in the Passamaquoddy
Indian Reservation until the Secretary of State receives
certification from the treasurer of the Town of Perry that the
Passamaquoddy Tribe has paid to the Town of Perry the amount of
$350,000, provided that the consent of the Town of Perry would be
voided unless the payment of the $350,000 is made within 120 days
of the effective date of this section. Any commercial
development of those lands must be by approval of the voters of
the Town of Perry with the exception of land development
currently in the building stages. The Passamaquoddy Indian
Reservation includes those lands that have been or may be


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