2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
Chapter 220: DIVISION OF PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS
12 §1853. Annual report dealing with public reserved lands

Part 2: FORESTS, PARKS, LAKES AND RIVERS

Subchapter 4: PUBLIC RESERVED LANDS

§1853. Annual report dealing with public reserved lands

1. Annual report. The division shall submit a written report on or before March 1st of each year to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over public reserved lands. The report must include the following information:

A. A complete account of the income and expenditures pertaining to public reserved lands during the preceding calendar year; [1997, c. 678, §13 (NEW).]

B. A summary of the division's management activities during the preceding calendar year regarding timber, recreation, wildlife and other subjects as appropriate; [1997, c. 678, §13 (NEW); 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §7 (REV).]

C. A list of any gates or other constructed barriers to public access by motor vehicle to any public reserved lands and their locations, when they block the sole or primary motor vehicle access, whether those barriers are located on public or private land and whether or not they are owned by the State or by private parties; [1997, c. 678, §13 (NEW).]

D. A summary of any campsite or recreation facility fees charged under section 1846, subsection 5; [1999, c. 592, §6 (AMD).]

E. A description of the proposed budget, including allocations for the division's dedicated funds and any revenues of the division from permits, leases, fees and sales for the following fiscal year beginning on July 1st; [2007, c. 564, §2 (AMD); 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §7 (REV).]

F. The status of ecological reserves including the acreage of reserved public land designated as ecological reserves, results of monitoring, scientific research and other activities related to the division's ecological reserves ; and [2007, c. 564, §2 (AMD); 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §7 (REV).]

G. A description of any changes in allowed uses of the public reserved lands, including the acreage affected and the reason for the change. [2007, c. 564, §2 (NEW).]

The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over proposed public reserved lands shall review the report and submit a written recommendation regarding the division's proposed budget to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over appropriations and financial affairs on or before March 15th of each year. The division shall submit the information required under paragraph G to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over wildlife management matters on or before March 1st of each year.

[ 2007, c. 564, §2 (AMD); 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §7 (REV) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1997, c. 678, §13 (NEW). 1999, c. 592, §§6,7 (AMD). 2007, c. 564, §2 (AMD). 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §7 (REV).