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An Act To Enhance Resource Management of Submerged Lands beneath Impounded Waters
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §1862, sub-§1, ¶D-2  is enacted to read:
 
D-2.  "Impounded waters" means waters not subject to or marginally subject to tidal action resulting from a barrier or obstruction constructed in or across a watercourse impounding or partially impounding the water.
Sec. 2.  12 MRSA §1862, sub-§14  is enacted to read:
 
14.  Impounded waters.     For the purposes of this section, all lands beneath the mean low-water mark of impounded waters that were impounded prior to January 1, 1997 are state-owned submerged lands held in trust for the benefit of the people of the State.
 
SUMMARY
This bill provides that all lands beneath the mean low-water mark of waters impounded prior to January 1, 1997 are state-owned submerged lands held in trust for the benefit of the people of Maine.