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Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §1839, sub-§1, ¶E, as amended by PL 1999, c. 592, §4; PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §7; and PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §24, is further amended to read:
 
E. A description of the proposed budget, including allocations for the bureau's dedicated funds and any revenues of the bureau from permits, leases, fees and sales, for the following fiscal year beginning on July 1st; and
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §1839, sub-§1, ¶F, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 592, §5, is amended to read:
 
F. The status of ecological reserves including the acreage of nonreserved public land designated as ecological reserves, results of monitoring, scientific research and other activities related to ecological reserves.; and
Sec. 3.  12 MRSA §1839, sub-§1, ¶G  is enacted to read:
 
G.  The amount of funds in the public nonreserved lands acquisition fund within the bureau for each county.
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §1853, sub-§1, ¶H, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 289, §7, is amended to read:
 
H. A breakdown of growth based on the most recent physical forest inventory and of harvest in each region of any public reserved lands units established by the bureau, identifying any harvesting that occurred during the preceding fiscal year in individual management units where harvest exceeds annual growth; and
Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §1853, sub-§1, ¶I, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 289, §8, is amended to read:
 
I. An update on capital plans for road construction and road maintenance, including a list and description of roads built and roads maintained in the preceding fiscal year and a list and description of roads to be built and roads to be maintained in the succeeding fiscal year.; and
Sec. 6.  12 MRSA §1853, sub-§1, ¶J  is enacted to read:
 
J.  The amount of funds in the Public Reserved Lands Acquisition Fund, established in section 1850, subsection 2, for each county.
Sec. 7. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized to amend lease at Long Falls Dam Road to allow lessee to sublease a portion of the parcel for recreational purposes. The Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is authorized to amend the lease of the land consisting of public lots that form part of the dam and reservoir known as Flagstaff Lake, land that is currently leased by Brookfield Renewable Partners and that was previously leased pursuant to Private and Special Law 1927, chapter 113, section 13, to allow the lessee to sublease a portion of the parcel for the purpose of a parking area for the Maine Huts and Trails system.
Sec. 8. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized, but not directed, to convey certain lands in Adamstown Township, Oxford County. The Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry may by quitclaim deed without covenant convey to a buyer for appraised fair market value and other compensation and on such other terms and conditions as the director may direct a certain parcel of land in Adamstown Township, described as Parcel 0008W as depicted on the Richardson Pond cottage lots plan developed by Seven Islands Land Company on the southwest side of West Richardson Pond, comprising approximately 3.54 acres and a camp, which was previously a camp lot lease and which was surrendered by the leaseholder to the Bureau of Parks and Lands by written agreement. The sale of the lot constitutes a revocation of its designation as public reserved lands under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 598-A.
Sec. 9. Report on funds received pursuant to this Act. The Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over agriculture, conservation and forestry matters the amount of funds received pursuant to the transactions authorized by this legislation by each county at the same time as the director submits the bureau's reports pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, sections 1839 and 1853.
Sec. 10.  Resolve 2013, c. 56, §4  is amended to read:
Sec. 4. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized, but not directed, to convey certain lands in Adamstown Township, Oxford County. Resolved: That the Director of the DivisionBureau of Parks and Public Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry may by quitclaim deed without covenant convey for an appraised fair market value that is the higher of 2 appraisals or the highest of more than 2 appraisals and on such other terms and conditions as the director may direct certain lots or parcels of land, with a total of approximately 2426 acres, to the West Richardson Pond Public Lot Associationindividual camp lot lessees. The sale of each lot constitutes a revocation of its designation as public reserved lands under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 598-A.
The parcels to be conveyed are located on a 24-acre lease lot subdivision portion and a 1.93-acre lease lot located on an island of the Richardson Lake public reserved lands. The 12 lots in the subdivision are on the southwestern shoreline of West Richardson Pond and extend from the Lincoln Plantation and Adamstown Township town line south to Route 16 and are also located between the Richardson Lake public reserved lands access road and the shoreline of West Richardson Pond. The parcels in the subdivision are currently leased to 109 camp lot lessees who are members of the West Richardson Pond Public Lot Association. To ensure that the State retains public access to West Richardson Pond, the director may not convey ownership of Lot 4-W in the subdivision as depicted on the Richardson Pond cottage lots plan developed by Seven Islands Land Company. The 1.93-acre lease lot is located on an island in West Richardson Pond, located in Adamstown Township, Oxford County, being a portion of the Richardson Lake public reserved lands, Account #178012003, Public Lands L1 LOC R, Map OX008, Plan 3, Lot 3, Lease Number 1, Lot ID Loc R.
Sec. 11.  Resolve 2015, c. 29, §1  is amended to read:
Sec. 1. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized, but not directed, to convey certain interests in lands in Aroostook County in exchange for other interests or properties. Resolved: That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry may by quitclaim deed without covenant, for negotiated value, and on such other terms and conditions as the director may direct, convey or release all interests held by the bureau in the following properties described under subsection 1 to Prentiss and Carlisle Company, Inc. and Prentiss and Carlisle Management Company, McCrillis Timberland, LLC and Greentrees, Inc., collectively referred to in this section as "the partitioners," in exchange for conveyance of property or interests in properties or other consideration of equivalent valuedescribed under subsection 2 from Prentiss and Carlisle Company, Inc. and Prentiss and Carlisle Management Companythe partitioners.
1. The property interests to be conveyed by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, by and through the Bureau of Parks and Lands, to Prentiss and Carlisle Company, Inc. and to Prentiss and Carlisle Management Company on behalf of other minority intereststhe partitioners are all of the State's minority common and undivided interest in forested acres without flowage easements in T.10 R.4 SE/4, which is approximately 1,329 equivalent acresa tract in T.10 R.4 WELS SE/4, Maine Revenue Services Tax Map AR018, Plan 01, Lot 1.2, comprising approximately 3,970 acres of upland and 270 acres of flowed land in Scopan Lake, depicted as Parcel B on the March 28, 2017 Survey Plan by Plisga & Day Land Surveyors, the State's undivided interest being approximately equivalent to 1,222 acres.
2. The property interests to be conveyed by Prentiss and Carlisle Company, Inc. and Prentiss and Carlisle Management Company on behalf of other minority intereststhe partitioners to the State acting by and through the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Parks and Lands are:
A. All of Prentiss and Carlisle Company, Inc.'sthe partitioners' common and undivided interests in forested acres without flowage easements in T.10 R.4 SE/4 north of Scopan Lake and all of the remaining minority common and undivided interests in forested acres without flowage easements in T.10 R.4 SE/4 north of Scopan Lake by and through Prentiss and Carlisle Management Company, which is together approximately 16 equivalent acres;the following tracts in T.10 R.4 WELS:
(1) SE/4 north of Scopan Lake, part of Maine Revenue Services Tax Map AR018, Plan 01, Lot 1.2, comprising approximately 23 acres of upland and 221 acres of flowed land in Scopan Lake;
(2) SE/4 setoff, part of Maine Revenue Services Tax Map AR018, Plan 01, Lot 1.2, comprising approximately 605 acres of upland and 240 acres of flowed land in Scopan Lake, depicted as Parcel A on the March 28, 2017 Survey Plan by Plisga & Day Land Surveyors;
(3) NE/4 west of Scopan Lake, Maine Revenue Services Tax Map AR018, Plan 01, Lot 2.1, comprising approximately 995 acres, including portions flowed by Scopan Lake; and
(4) NE/4 east of Scopan Lake, Maine Revenue Services Tax Map AR018, Plan 01, Lot 2, comprising approximately 5,462 acres, including portions flowed by Scopan Lake.
The partitioners' undivided interest in the T.10 R.4 WELS tracts described in this paragraph is approximately equivalent to 1,296 acres; and
B. All of Prentiss and Carlisle Company, Inc.'s minority common and undivided interests in forested acres without flowage easements in T.10 R.4 NE/4 by and through Prentiss and Carlisle Management Company, which is approximately 309 equivalent acres;
C. All of the minority common and undivided interests in T.11 R.4 E/2 by and through Prentiss and Carlisle Management Company, which is together approximately 254 equivalent acres; and
D. All or a portion of Prentiss and Carlisle Company, Inc.'s interests in T.13 R.5, T.13 R.13 and T.12 R.13, or other parcels or other consideration from Prentiss and Carlisle Company, Inc. as may be needed in combination with the foregoing to be of equivalent value, as determined by the director, to the conveyance of the State to Prentiss and Carlisle Company, Inc. in T.10 R.4 SE/4 as described in subsection 1; and be it further
E. Two parcels in T.13 R.5 WELS, Maine Revenue Services Tax Maps AR027, Plan 01, Lot 1.1 and AR027, Plan 01, Lot 1.2, owned solely by Prentiss and Carlisle Company, Inc. and McCrillis Timberland, LLC and totaling approximately 192 acres; and be it further
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SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee and which replaces the bill, authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to allow the lessee of land at Long Falls Dam Road to sublease a portion of the parcel to the Maine Huts and Trails system for a parking area. The amendment amends Resolve 2013, chapter 56, authorizing the sale of lease lots in Richardson Lake public reserved lands to the individual lessees, to authorize the director to sell an additional parcel of public reserved lands on a small island in West Richardson Pond, provides a description of the parcel and corrects the number of lessees as described in chapter 56. The amendment amends Resolve 2015, chapter 29, which authorizes the director to partition and consolidate common and undivided interests in lands in Township 10, Range 4 WELS and Township 13, Range 5 WELS, to remove language added in the bill allowing the director to reconfigure tracts and language referencing reconfigurations of parcels to be conveyed and allowing the director to acquire interests managed by Prentiss and Carlisle Management Company in Township 11, Range 4 WELS E/2. The amendment requires the bureau to report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over nonreserved public lands and public reserved lands matters on the amount of funds in the public nonreserved lands acquisition fund and the Public Reserved Lands Acquisition Fund by county including the funds received pursuant to transactions authorized by this legislation.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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