An Act To Provide Residents of the United States with Timber Harvesting Jobs on Land Managed by the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1782
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Sponsors: JACKSON, STANLEY, HATCH, HUTTON, PARADIS, PATRICK, SMITH, WATSON, BRYANT
Amends: 12 MRSA §1848

Legislative Document 
No. 1782 
H.P.1304 
House of Representatives, December 22, 2003 
An Act To Provide Residents of the United States with Timber 
Harvesting Jobs on Land Managed by the Department of 
Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Received by the Clerk of the House on December 17,2003. Referred to the Committee on 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed 
pursuant to Joint Rule 40l. 
Presented by Representative JACKSON of Fort Kent. 
Cosponsored by Senator STANLEY of Penobscot and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: HATCH of Skowhegan, HUTTON of Bowdoinham, PARADIS of 
Frenchville, PATRICK of Rumford, SMITH of Monmouth, SMITH of Van Buren, WATSON 
of Bath, Senator: BRYANT of Oxford. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 12 MRS A §1834. sub-§2. as enacted by PL 1997, c. 678, 
§13, is amended to read: 
2. 
Grant of permits. 
The bureau may grant permits and 
enter into contracts to cut timber, harvest grass and wild foods, 
tap maple trees for sap and cultivate and harvest crops provided 
that those permits and contract rights create revocable licenses 
to the permittee or party to the contract and do not create any 
real property interest in the nonreserved public 
lands. 
The 
bureau may not grant a permit to, or enter into a contract with, 
an 
individual 
who 
is 
not 
a 
United States 
resident for 
the 
cutting, skidding or h;;J.u1ing of timber on or from nonreserveQ 
public lands. 
If the bureau grants a permit or enters into a 
contract with a corporation or other legal entity to cut timber 
on nonreserved public lands, that permit or contract must include 
a provision prohibitinq any person who is not a United States 
resident from cutting, 
skidding or hauling timber on or from 
nonreserved 
public 
lands. 
For 
purposes 
of 
this 
subsection, 
"United States resident" means 
a 
person who 
is considered 
a 
United States resident for purposes of 26 United States Code, 
Subtitle A (2003). 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §1848, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 678, 
§13, is amended to read: 
2. 
Grant of per:mits. 
The bureau may grant permits 
and 
enter into contracts to cut timber, harvest grass and wild foods, 
tap maple trees for sap and cultivate and harvest crops provided 
that such permits and contract rights create revocable licenses 
to the permittee or party to the contract and do not create any 
real property interest in the public reserved lands. 
The bureau 
may not grant a permit to, or enter into a contract with, 
an 
individual who is not a United States resident for the cutting, 
skidding or hauling of timber on or from public reserved lands. 
I f the bureau grants a permit or enters into a contract with a 
corporation or 
other 
legal 
entity to 
cut 
timber 
on 
public 
reserved lands, that permit or contract must include a provision 
prohibiting any person who is not a United States resident from 
cutting, skidding or hauling timber on or from public reserved 
lands. 
For purposes of this subsection, "United States resident" 
means 
a person who is considered a United States resident for 
purposes of 26 United States Code, Subtitle A (2003). 
SUMMARY 
This bill prohibits the Department of Conservation, Bureau 
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of Parks and Lands from granting a permit to, or entering into a 
contract with, an individual who is not a United States resident 
for the cutting, skidding or hauling of timber on or from public 
reserved lands or nonreserved public lands. 
If the bureau grants 
a permit or enters into a contract with a corporation or other 
legal entity to cut timber on reserved or nonreserved land, that 
permit 
or contract must 
include 
a 
provision prohibiting 
any 
person who is not a United States resident from cutting, skidding 
or hauling timber on or from reserved or nonreserved land.