Resolve, To Expand Maine's Inland Fishing Economy by Creating Pine Tree Development Zones
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0964
Committee: Business, Research and Economic Development
Sponsors: MOODY

Legislative Document 
No. 964 
H.P.674 
House of Representatives, February 24, 2005 
Resolve, To Expand Maine's Inland Fishing Economy by Creating 
Pine Tree Development Zones 
Reference to the Committee on Business, Research and Economic Development suggested 
and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative MOODY of Manchester. 
Printed on recycled paper 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Sec. 1. Department of Economic and Community Development to 
extend Pine Tree Development Zone program. Resolved: 
That the 
Department of Economic and Community Development shall extend the 
Pine 
Tree 
Development 
Zone 
program 
under 
the 
Maine 
Revised 
Statutes, Title 30-A, chapter 206, subchapter 4, referred to in 
this resolve as "the program," to offer benefits determined by 
the department to certain people who invest in fisheries, fish 
habitat, access and infrastructure on the Androscoggin River from 
the New Hampshire border to Bethel, on Moosehead Lake and on a 
body of water in Washington County or Hancock 
County to be 
determined by the department; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to administer 
Pine Tree Development Zone program. Resolved: 
That the Department 
of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall designate the projects on 
each 
program 
body 
of 
water 
that 
will 
qualify 
for 
program 
benef i ts, approving proj ect appl ications to participate in the 
program and creating a process for designating additional zones 
on other bodies of water; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Rules. Resolved: 
That the Department of Economic and 
Community Development and the Department of Inland Fisheries and 
wildlife may adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this 
resolve. 
Rules 
adopted 
pursuant 
to 
this 
section 
are 
major 
substantive rules pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A; and be it further 
Sec. 4. Report. Resolved: 
That the Department of Economic and 
Community Development and the Department of Inland Fisheries and 
Wildlife 
shall 
report 
to 
the 
Joint 
Standing 
Committee 
on 
Business, Research and Economic Development on the progress of 
the extension of the program and submit any proposed legislation 
relating 
to 
the 
program 
no 
later 
than 
December 
7, 
2005. 
Following receipt and review of the report, the Joint Standing 
Committee 
on 
Business, 
Research 
and 
Economic 
Development 
may 
report out a bill to the Second Regular Session of the 122nd 
Legislature. 
SUMMARY 
This 
resolve 
directs 
the 
Department 
of 
Economic 
and 
Communi ty Development to extend the Pine Tree Development Zone 
program to offer benefits to people who invest in fisheries, fish 
habitat, access and infrastructure on the Androscoggin River from 
the New Hampshire border to Bethel, on Moosehead Lake and on a 
body of water in Washington County or Hancock 
County to be 
determined by the department. 
The Department of Inland Fisheries 
and Wildlife shall designate the projects on each program body of 
water that will qualify for program benefits, approving project 
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applications to participate in the program and creating a process 
for designating additional zones on other bodies of water. 
The 
Department 
of 
Economic 
and 
Community 
Development 
and 
the 
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are to report no 
later than December 7, 2005 on the progress of the extension of 
the program and submit any proposed legislation.