B.__Rail freight;

C.__Waterborne freight;

D.__Manufacturing forest products;

E.__Shipping forest products;

F.__Shipping agricultural products; and

G.__Distributing petroleum products.

2.__Meetings; chair.__The Commissioner of Transportation or the commissioner's designee shall serve as chair of the council established in subsection 1.__The Department of Transportation shall provide staff support to the council.__The council shall meet at the call of the chair but not less than 4 times during a calendar year.__Members of the council serve without compensation.

Sec. 3. 23 MRSA §7103, sub-§1, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, c. 398, §7, is amended to read:

1. Fund created. There is created the "Railroad Preservation and Assistance Fund," which shall receive receives all revenue derived from the tax levied pursuant to Title 36, chapter 361, except that no more than $150,000 from this revenue shall be deposited in the fund in any fiscal year and taxes paid under Title 36, section 1865. The fund shall is also be eligible to receive grants from other sources. The Treasurer of State shall receive and deposit all revenue to the fund in a separate account to be known as the Railroad Preservation and Assistance Fund.

Sec. 4. 23 MRSA §7107 is enacted to read:

§7107.__Dismantling of state-owned track

Except as provided in this section, the Department of Transportation may not dismantle or contract with a state agency or private entity for the dismantling of state-owned track.__When the department, in consultation with a regional economic planning entity and a regional transportation advisory committee established in accordance with rules adopted under section 73, subsection 4, determines that removal of a specific length of rail owned by the State will not have a negative impact on a region or on future economic opportunities for that region, the Commissioner of Transportation shall seek review by the joint