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LD 1393 Title Page Resolve, To Authorize the Department of Conservation To Place Priority on Acces... LD 1393 Title Page
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LR 1144
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Sec. 1. Access to swift rivers and great ponds; Land for Maine's Future Fund.
Resolved: That the Department of Conservation in its use of
proceeds of the Land for Maine's Future Fund shall adopt as a
priority the creation and maintenance of public access to
prominent or heavily used public bodies of water, including swift
flowing rivers and great ponds. Pursuant to the Maine Revised
Statutes, Title 5, section 6207-A, approval is granted to the
Department of Conservation to employ the State's power of eminent
domain to acquire, support and maintain public access to
launching points commonly used by rafters and kayakers on the
Dead River and the Kennebec River, and the roads leading to the
launching points including, but not limited to, the Dead River
Road located in West Forks Plantation; Lower Enchanted Township,
T2 R5; and T3 R5 and Indian Pond Road, also known as Harris
Station Road, located in The Forks; Moxie Gore, T1 R5; East Moxie
Township, T2 R4; Squaretown Township, T2 R5; and Indian Stream
Township, T1 R6.

 
SUMMARY

 
This resolve requires the Department of Conservation to give
priority under the Land for Maine's Future Fund to acquire,
support and maintain public access to swift rivers and great
ponds. Authority is granted to the department to use eminent
domain, as necessary, to acquire and maintain access to key
launching points on the Dead and Kennebec Rivers.


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