Resolve, To Create Sebago Lake Village State Park
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0781
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Sponsors: CRESSEY, CEBRA

Legislative Document 
No. 781 
H.P.558 
House of Representatives, February 15,2005 
Resolve, To Create Sebago Lake Village State Park 
Reference to the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and 
ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative CRESSEY of Cornish. 
Cosponsored by Representative: CEBRA of Naples. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Sec. 1. Bureau of Parks and Lands to establish Sebago Lake Village 
State Park. 
Resolved: 
That the Department of Conservation, Bureau 
of Parks and Lands, pursuant to its authority under the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 12, 
section 1812, 
shall acquire the 
existing boat ramp on Sebago Lake from the Town of Standish and 
acres of land surrounding the boat ramp owned by the Portland 
Water District for the purpose of establishing Sebago Lake 
Village State Park. 
The State shall compensate the Town of 
Standish for the fair market value of the town' s property 
acquired from the town and the Portland Water District for the 
value of the property acquired from the district as determined by 
the tax owed for the district' s property under the Maine Tree 
Growth Tax Law; and be it further 
Sec. 2. 
Bureau of Parks and Lands to make improvements. 
Resolved: That the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and 
Lands shall expand and improve in its existing location the boat 
ramp acquired from the Town of Standish pursuant to this Act and 
create parking for 100 cars or boat trailers; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Bureau of Parks and Lands to create memorial. Resolved: 
That the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands 
shall create within Sebago Lake Village State Park a memorial to 
the British pilots who crashed their planes into Sebago Lake 
during World War II; and be it further 
Sec. 4. People of Town of Standish to approve moving boat ramp. 
Resolved: 
That a proposal to move the boat ramp from Sebago Lake 
Village State Park must be approved by a 2/3 majority of voters 
of the Town of Standish at a regularly scheduled election. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve directs the Department of Conservation, Bureau 
of Parks and Lands to purchase the boat ramp on Sebago Lake in 
the Town of Standish and 20 acres of Portland Water District 
property surrounding the boat 
ramp to establish Sebago 
Lake 
Village State Park. 
The State will pay the Town of Standish fair 
market value for the property acquired from the town for the park 
and the Portland Water District for the value of the property 
acquired from the district at the value of the property as 
determined by the tax assessed under the Maine Tree Growth Tax 
Law. 
This resolve directs the Bureau of Parks and Lands to 
improve the boat ramp in its existing location, create parking 
for 100 cars or boat trailers and create a memorial in the park 
for the British pilots who crashed their planes into Sebago Lake 
during World War II. 
The resolve requires that a proposal to 
move 
the boat 
ramp 
from the park receive approval by 
a 
2/3 
majority of Standish voters at a regularly scheduled election.