An Act To Establish the Maine Local Land Trust Fund
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1075
Committee Amendment CA_A_H452 (House)
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "4,, to H.P. 793, L.D. 1075, Bill, "An Act To 
Establish the Maine Local Land Trust Fund" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Assist Maine Local Land Trusts' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. State agencies directed to assist local land trusts in identifying 
funding sources. Resolved: That the Executive Department, State Planning Office 
shall, in consultation with the Department of Conservation and the Department of Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife, identify potential funding sources for acquisition projects initiated 
by municipalities and local land trusts. 
The State Planning Office shall compile 
information on state and federal programs that award grants, provide matching funds or 
otherwise financially assist with efforts to conserve land for public recreation. Funding 
sources for both fee purchases and acquisitions of interest in land must be included. The 
State Planning Office shall make the information collected available to municipalities and 
local land trusts. 
For the purposes of this resolve, "local land trust" means a nonprofit organization under 
United States Code, Section 501(c)(3) that, as provided for in its mission statement, 
acquires land or interest in land within a defined region of the State to promote 
stewardship or conservation of land with natural features of value to the people of that 
region; and be it further 
Sec. 2. Report to Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation 
and Forestry. Resolved: That the Executive Department, State Planning Office shall 
report to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry no 
later than January 31, 2008 on its findings pursuant to section 1 and the means used to 
disseminate this information to municipalities and local land trusts; and be it further 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT·A" to H.P. 793, L.D. 1075 
Sec. 3. Authority to submit legislation. Resolved: That the Joint Standing 
Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry may submit legislation to the 
municipalities and local land trusts to conserve land for public recreation.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve directing the Land for Maine's Future 
Board, in consultation with the Department of Conservation and the Department of Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife, to compile and make available to local land trusts information on 
funding sources. 
It authorizes the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, 
Conservation and Forestry to submit legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 
123rd Legislature. 
FISCAL ~OTE }{E(iliRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 06/04/07 hac 
LD 1075 
LR 1801(02) 
An Act To Establish the Maine Local Land Trust Fund 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A " 
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
The additional costs to the State Planning Office, the Department of Conservation and the Department of Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
LR1801(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of 1