An Act To Eradicate Invasive Aquatic Plants and Nuisance Species
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0692
Committee: Natural Resources
Sponsors: CEBRA, COURTNEY, AUSTIN, BARSTOW, BERUBE, COTTA, CRESSEY, CROSTHWAITE, FARRINGTON, FLOOD, HAMPER, HOLMAN, HOTHAM, JACKSON, LANSLEY, LEWIN, MILLETT, MOORE, MUSE, NASS, PIOTTI, PLUMMER, PRESCOTT, ROBINSON, SA VIELLO, SYKES, TARDY, TUTTLE, VAUGHAN, WOODBURY, BRYANT, DIAMOND, DOW, HASTINGS, SNOWE-MELLO

Legislative Document 
No. 692 
H.P.523 
House of Representatives, February 9, 2007 
An Act To Eradicate Invasive Aquatic Plants and Nuisance Species 
Reference to the Committee on Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative CEBRA of Naples. 
Cosponsored by Senator COURTNEY of York and 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Representatives: AUSTIN of Gray, BARSTOW of Gorham, BERUBE of Lisbon, COTTA of 
China, CRESSEY of Cornish, CROSTHWAITE of Ellsworth, FARRINGTON of Gorham, 
FLOOD of Winthrop, HAMPER of Oxford, HOLMAN of Fayette, HOTHAM of Dixfield, 
JACKSON of Allagash, LANSLEY of Sabattus, LEWIN of Eliot, MILLETT of Waterford, 
MOORE of Standish, MUSE of Fryeburg, NASS of Acton, PIOTTI of Unity, PLUMMER of 
Windham, PRESCOTT of Topsham, ROBINSON of Raymond, SA VIELLO of Wilton, 
SYKES of Harrison, TARDY of Newport, TUTTLE of Sanford, VAUGHAN of Durham, 
WOODBURY of Yarmouth, Senators: BRYANT of Oxford, DIAMOND of Cumberland, 
DOW of Lincoln, HASTINGS of Oxford, NASS of York, SA V AGE of Knox, SNOWE-
MELLO of Androscoggin. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 
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Initiative: 
Appropriates funds on a one-time basis to provide competItIve grants to 
support public and private nonprofit efforts to eradicate invasive aquatic plants from the 
State's freshwater lakes, rivers and streams. These funds may be carried forward until all 
available money has been disbursed as grants. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2007-08 
$2,000,000 
$2,000,000 
2008-09 
$0 
$0 
Sec. 2. Grant administration. The Department of Environmental Protection 
shall administer the grants authorized in section I in accordance with guidelines 
developed by the Interagency Task Force on Invasive Aquatic Plants and Nuisance 
Species. 
Grants may be awarded only to state and local government entities and 
50I(c)(3) organizations established and operating in the State. 
SUMMARY 
This bill makes a one-time General Fund appropriation of $2,000,000 in fiscal year 
2007-08 to provide competitive grants to support public and private nonprofit efforts to 
eradicate invasive aquatic plants from the State's freshwater lakes, rivers and streams. 
The bill also requires that the Department of Environmental Protection administer the 
grants in accordance with guidelines developed by the Interagency Task Force on 
Invasive Aquatic Plants and Nuisance Species. Grants may be awarded only to state and 
local government entities and 50I(c)(3) organizations established and operating in the 
State.