Resolve, To Authorize the Exchange of Certain Lands Owned by the State

Preamble.  The Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 23 requires that real estate held by the State for conservation or recreation purposes may not be reduced or its uses substantially altered except on the vote of 2/3 of all members elected to each House.

Whereas,  certain real estate authorized for conveyance by this resolve is under the designations described in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 598-A; and

Whereas,  the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Conservation may sell or exchange lands or interests in lands with the approval of the Legislature in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 6209 and Title 12, sections 1814, 1837 and 1851; now, therefore, be it

Sec. 1. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized, but not directed, to convey certain interests in land in Oxford County. Resolved: That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Conservation may by quitclaim deed without covenant, for exchange of land or interests in land of comparable market value, and on such other terms and conditions as the director may direct, convey access rights by easement to Pingree Associates, Inc., in connection with land in Township 5, Range 2, also known as Lincoln Plantation; Township 4, Range 2, also known as Adamstown Township; Township 4, Range 1, also known as Richardsontown Township; and Township C, all in Oxford County; and be it further

Sec. 2. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized, but not directed, to convey certain interests in land in Nashville Plantation in Aroostook County. Resolved: That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Conservation may by quitclaim deed without covenant, for exchange of land or interests in land of comparable market value, and on such other terms and conditions as the director may direct, convey a parcel of land in Nashville Plantation, in Aroostook County, to Pingree Associates, Inc.

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This resolve authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Conservation, for exchange of land or interests in land of comparable market value, to convey access rights by easement to Pingree Associates, Inc., in connection with land in Township 5, Range 2, also known as Lincoln Plantation; Township 4, Range 2, also known as Adamstown Township; Township 4, Range 1, also known as Richardsontown Township; and Township C, all in Oxford County. It also authorizes the director, for exchange of land or interests in land of comparable market value, to convey a parcel of land in Nashville Plantation, in Aroostook County, to Pingree Associates, Inc.