Resolve, To Clarify Title to Land Related to the Waldo-Hancock Bridge Replacement
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1947
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Sponsors: MARLEY, HATCH

Legislative Document 
No. 1947 
H.P.1447 
House of Representatives, March 30, 2004 
Resolve, To Clarify Title to Land Related to the Waldo-Hancock 
Bridge Replacement 
Reference to the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and 
ordered printed. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative MARLEY of Portland. (GOVERNOR'S BILL) 
Cosponsored by Senator HATCH of Somerset. 
Printed on recydeJ papt:r 
Preamble. 
The Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 23 
requires that real estate held by the State for conservation or 
recreation purposes may not be reduced or its uses substantially 
altered except on the vote of 2/3 of all members elected to each 
House. 
Sec. 1. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized to transfer 
management responsibility for certain land in Fort Knox State Park to 
Department of Transportation. Resolved: 
That the Director of the 
Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Conservation 
may by financial order transfer management responsibility of the 
following described property to the Department of Transportation 
for 
the 
purposes 
of: 
construction 
and 
maintenance 
of 
the 
westerly approach and abutment of the new bridge replacing the 
Waldo-Hancock Bridge: and confirmation of control, management and 
supervision of the portion of State Route 174 that crosses Fort 
Knox State Park and a portion of U.S. Route 1 that leads to the 
westerly approach to the existing Waldo-Hancock Bridge. 
The 
property is more particularly described as follows: 
A portion of the Fort Knox State Historic Site, situated in 
the Town of Prospect, County of Waldo, and State of Maine, 
containing 
a 
total of 5.37 acres, 
as 
shown on 
a 
plan 
entitled, "State of Maine Department of Transportation Right 
of Way Map, State Highway '251' (Route 174) Prospect-Verona 
P.I.N. 007965.40," Sheets 3, 
and 5 of 7 sheets, dated 
January 2004, D.O.T. File No. 14-77, to be recorded in the 
Waldo and Hancock Registries of Deeds, and on file at the 
Department 
of 
Transportation, 
State 
House 
Station, 
Augusta, Maine. 
and be it further 
Sec. 2. No funds may be exchanged. Resolved: 
That no funds may 
be exchanged between the Department of Transportation and the 
Department 
of 
Conservation 
for 
the 
transfer 
of 
management 
responsibility described in section 1. 
SUMMARY 
This 
resolve 
authorizes 
the 
transfer 
of 
management 
responsibility for a small portion of Fort Knox State Historic 
Site by the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the 
Department of Conservation to 
th~ Department of Transportation 
for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a portion of the 
Waldo-Hancock Bridge replacement and confirming that portions of 
State Route 174 and U.S. Route 1 have been constructed, occupied 
and maintained for highway purposes. 
The area subject to this 
transfer of management responsibility is approximately 5 acres, 
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approximately 4.75 acres of which is currently occupied by State 
Route 174 and U.S. Route 1. 
There will be no funds exchanged for 
this transfer.