CHAPTER 215

H.P. 701 - L.D. 1017

An Act To Monitor the Distribution of Land Acquisitions

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

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §6206, sub-§1, ķE, as amended by PL 2001, c. 548, §2, is further amended to read:

E. On January 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. This report must include a summary of the board's experience during the reporting period with projects funded pursuant to section 6203 or 6203-A and in which the land or interest in land is acquired by a cooperating entity. This report must also include on a county-by-county basis a summary of the expenditures made by the board and acreage conserved through acquisition of fee or less-than-fee interest by the board during the report period.__Each report must include cumulative totals by county of acreage conserved through acquisition of fee or less-than-fee interest through action by the board.