2013 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
Chapter 220: BUREAU OF PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS
12 §1802. Bureau of Parks and Lands established

Part 2: FORESTS, PARKS, LAKES AND RIVERS
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

1802. Bureau of Parks and Lands established

There is established within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry the Bureau of Parks and Lands, which shall carry out the responsibilities of State Government relating to parks, historic sites, submerged and intertidal lands, public reserved lands and nonreserved public lands. The bureau shall also carry out all the duties relating to recreation, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, the Snowmobile Trail Fund, public facilities for boats, the ATV Recreational Management Fund, the Maine Trails System, the Maine Conservation Corps, the State Environmental Resource Volunteer Effort Program and any other responsibilities of the former Bureau of Parks and Recreation, Bureau of Public Lands and Maine State Park and Recreation Commission. [2007, c. 240, Pt. NN, 1 (AMD); 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, 5, 7 (REV); 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, 24 (REV).]

The executive head of the bureau is the director. The director is assisted in executive duties by a deputy director. The director and the deputy director shall attend personally to the duties of their offices as far as practicable. The director and the deputy director are appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. [1997, c. 678, 13 (NEW); 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, 7 (REV); 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, 24 (REV).]

SECTION HISTORY

1997, c. 678, 13 (NEW). 2007, c. 240, Pt. NN, 1 (AMD). 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, 5, 7 (REV). 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, 24 (REV).