Resolve, To Address the Unauthorized Publication of Information Concerninq Recreational Trails That Cross Private Property Further amend the bill by striking everything after the title and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 1. Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Department of Conservation to resolve conflicts. Resolved: That the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Department of Conservation shall work with the Executive Department, State Planning Office, private property owners and interested parties to resolve conflicts regarding the publication, without landowner knowledge or consent, of descriptions of recreational trails or portions of recreational trails that cross private property; and be it further Sec. 2. Program. Resolved: That the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Department of Conservation shall develop and implement a program that: A. Helps to ensure that published materials and website information describing recreational trails provide notice when a recreational trail crosses private property; B. Encourages recreational users to be respectful of private property and makes those users aware when landowners Page l-LR1511(2) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1519
Committee Amendment CA_A_H460 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ",4" to H.P. 1066, L.D. 1519, Bill, "An 
Act Regarding Published Descriptions of Recreational Trails That 
Cross Certain Parcels of Private Property" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'Resolve, To Address the Unauthorized Publication of Information 
Concerninq Recreational Trails That Cross Private Property' 
Further amend the bill by striking everything after the 
title and inserting in its place the following: 
' Sec. 1. 
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and 
Department of Conservation to resolve conflicts. Resolved: 
That the 
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Department of 
Conservation shall work with the Executive Department, 
State 
Planning Office, private property owners and interested parties 
to resolve conflicts regarding the publication, without landowner 
knowledge or consent, of descriptions of recreational trails or 
portions of recreational trails that cross private property; and 
be it further 
Sec. 2. Program. Resolved: 
That the Department of Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife and the Department of Conservation shall 
develop and implement a program that: 
A. 
Helps to ensure that published materials and website 
information describing recreational trails provide notice 
when a recreational trail crosses private property; 
B. 
Encourages 
recreational 
users 
to 
be 
respectful 
of 
private property and makes those users aware when landowners 
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are voluntarily allowing the public to use 
recreational 
trails and that they have the 
right to limit the use of or 
completely close such a trail or portions of such a trail; 
C. 
Advises nonprofit entities, authors, media and others 
who publish materials about recreational trails to ascertain 
whether 
or 
not 
a 
trail 
crosses 
private 
property 
and 
encourages 
them to obtain written permission to publish 
information about such a trail from the landowner; and 
D. 
Helps prevent unauthorized publication of information 
about recreational trails located on private property; and 
be it further 
Sec. 3. Report. Resolved: 
That 
the 
Department 
of 
Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife and the Department of Conservation shall 
jointly provide the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries 
and 
Wildlife 
a 
report 
regarding 
the 
program 
and 
its 
implementation pursuant to this resolve no later than January 2, 
2006.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill, which is a concept draft, 
with a resolve. 
It requires the Department of Inland Fisheries 
and Wildlife and the Department of Conservation to work with the 
Executive Department, State Planning Office, landowners and other 
interested parties 
to 
develop 
and 
implement 
a 
program 
that 
ensures 
that publications 
regarding recreational trails that 
cross private property are authorized by the affected landowner, 
notifies readers that the trail crosses private property and 
encourages trail users to be respectful of private property. 
It 
also requires the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and 
the Department of Conservation to jointly report to the Joint 
Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife regarding the 
program and its implementation no later than January 2, 2006. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/18/05 :;tJ17ae 
LD 1519 
LR 1511(02) 
An Act Regarding Published Descriptions of Recreational Trails That Cross Certain Parcels of Private 
Property 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment '4" 
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
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