An Act To Require Mapping of Conservation Easements, Purchases and Gifts
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0277
Committee: State and Local Government
Sponsors: RA YE, PIOTTI, GOOLEY, NUTTING, SHERMAN, EDGECOMB, FLOOD, LUNDEEN, MAREAN
Amends: 5 MRSA §3305

Legislative Document 
No. 277 
S.P.92 
January 19,2007 
An Act To Require Mapping of Conservation Easements, Purchases 
and Gifts 
Reference to the Committee on State and Local Government suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator RA YE of Washington. 
Cosponsored by Representative PIOTTI of Unity and 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Senators: GOOLEY of Franklin, NUTTING of Androscoggin, SHERMAN of Aroostook, 
Representatives: EDGECOMB of Caribou, FLOOD of Winthrop, LUNDEEN of Mars Hill, 
MAREAN of Hollis. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3305, sub-§l,~, as amended by PL 1997, c. 393, Pt. B, §4, is 
further amended to read: 
N. 
Coordinate the deVelopment of solid waste management policy including: 
(1) Collecting and analyzing solid waste management and recycling data from 
all available sources including commercial and municipal entities; 
(2) Preparing a solid waste management and recycling plan to be submitted to 
the Governor and the Legislature by January 1, 1998 and every 5 years thereafter; 
and 
(3) 
Providing technical and financial assistance to municipalities in waste 
reduction and recycling activities; aOO 
Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §3305, sub-§l, ~O, as enacted byPL 1995, c. 625, Pt. A, §10, is 
amended to read: 
O. 
Own, design, develop or operate, or contract with private parties to operate, a 
solid waste disposal facility, as provided in Title 38, chapter 24, subchapter Ph i;. 
and 
Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §3305, sub-§l, ~P is enacted to read: 
P. Develop and maintain a database containing information on all publicly owned 
lands held for conservation or recreation purposes including but not limited to all 
lands designated under Title 12, section 598-A and privately owned lands on which 
development rights have been removed by a conservation easement or other deed 
restriction. The record for each land parcel in the database must include acreage, 
ownership and the county and municipality, township or plantation where the parcel 
is located. 
The State Planning Office, in consultation with the Department of 
Conservation, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and cooperating 
entities as defined in section 6201, subsection 2, shall establish criteria for 
categorizing types of ownership. An ownership category must be included in the 
record for each parcel along with identifying geographical coordinates when 
available. 
The State Planning Office, in cooperation with the Maine Library of Geographic 
Information, shall produce, periodically update and make available to the public a 
map locating federal, state and other public land ownerships held for conservation or 
recreation and 
privately owned lands on which development is restricted or 
prohibited by conservation easements or other deed restrictions. 
SUMMARY 
This bill directs the Executive Department, State Planning Office to develop and 
maintain a database containing information on public and private lands on which, for 
conservation or recreation purposes, development is prohibited or restricted. It directs the 
State Planning Office to work with the Maine Library of Geographic Infonnation to 
produce and make available to the public a map on which these lands are located.