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Page 1 of 5 An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue in the Amount of $65,000,000 To F... Page 3 of 5
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restrictions of any law that may limit the power to so covenant and
consent.

 
Sec. 5. Interest and debt retirement. The Treasurer of State shall pay
interest due or accruing on any bonds issued under this Act and
all sums coming due for payment of bonds at maturity.

 
Sec. 6. Disbursement of bond proceeds allocated to Land for Maine's Future Board.
The proceeds of the bonds allocated to the Land for Maine's
Future Board must be expended for acquisition of land and
interest in land for conservation, water access, outdoor
recreation, wildlife and fish habitat and farmland preservation
in accordance with the provisions for such acquisitions under the
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 353, including all costs
associated with such acquisitions, except that use of the
proceeds of these bonds is subject to the following conditions
and requirements.

 
1. Hunting, fishing, trapping and public access may not be
prohibited on land acquired with bond proceeds, except to the
extent of applicable state, local or federal laws and
regulations.

 
2. Payment from bond proceeds for acquisitions of local or
regional significance, as determined by the Land for Maine's
Future Board, may be made directly to cooperating entities as
defined in Title 5, section 6201, subsection 2 for acquisition of
land and interest in land by cooperating entities, subject to
terms and conditions enforceable by the State to ensure their use
for the purposes of this Act.

 
3. The bond funds must be matched with at least $30,000,000
in public and private contributions. Seventy percent of that
amount must be in the form of cash or other tangible assets,
including the value of land and real property interest acquired
by or contributed to cooperating entities when property interests
have a direct relationship to the property proposed for
protection, as determined by the Land for Maine's Future Board.
The remaining 30% may be matching contributions and may include
the value of project-related, in-kind contributions of goods and
services to and by cooperating entities.

 
4. Ten percent of the bond proceeds allocated to the Land for
Maine's Future Board must be made available to acquire public
access to water in accordance with the provisions of Title 5,
section 6203-A.

 
5. Ten percent of the bond proceeds allocated to the Land for
Maine's Future Board must be made available to protect farmland
in accordance with Title 5, section 6207.


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