An Act To Place Land in Centerville in Trust
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0073
Committee: Judiciary
Sponsors: SOCTOMAH, LORING, MILLER, PERRY, PIEH, TIDBETTS, RA YE
Amends: 30 MRSA §6205

Legislative Document 
No. 73 
H.P.71 
House of Representatives, January 9,2007 
An Act To Place Land in Centerville in Trust 
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed. 
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Mll...LICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative SOCTOMAH of the Passamaquoddy Tribe. 
Cosponsored by Representatives: LORING of the Penobscot Nation, MILLER of Somerville, 
PERRY of Calais, PIEH of Bremen, TIDBETTS of Columbia, Senator: RA YE of Washington. 
Printed on recyded paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 30 MRSA §6205, sub-§l, ~C, as amended by PL 2001, c. 251, §2 and 
affected by §4, is further amended to read: 
C. 
Any land not exceeding 100 acres in the City of Calais acquired by the secretary 
for the benefit of the Passamaquoddy Tribe as long as the land is acquired by the 
secretary prior to January 1, 2001, is not held in common with any other person or 
entity and is certified by the secretary by January 31, 2001, as held for the benefit of 
the Passamaquoddy Tribe, if: 
(1) The acquisition of the land by the tribe is approved by the legislative body of 
that city; and 
(2) A tribal-state compact under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act is 
agreed to by the State and the Passamaquoddy Tribe or the State is ordered by a 
court to negotiate such a compact; and 
Sec. 2. 30 MRSA §6205, sub-§l, ~, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 251, §3 and 
affected by §4, is amended to read: 
D. 
All land acquired by the secretary for the benefit of the Passamaquoddy Tribe in 
T. 19, M.D. to the extent that the land is acquired by the secretary prior to January 31, 
2020, is not held in common with any other person or entity and is certified by the 
secretary by January 31, 2020 as held for the benefit of the Passamaquoddy Tribe.,.; 
and 
Sec. 3. 30 MRSA §6205, sub-§l, ~ 
is enacted to read: 
E. 
All land acquired by the secretary for the benefit of the Passamaquoddy Tribe in 
Centerville to the extent that the land is acquired by the secretary prior to January 31, 
2017, is not held in common with any other person or entity and is certified by the 
secretary by January 31, 2017 as held for the benefit of the Passamaquoddy Tribe. 
Sec. 4. Effective date; certification. This Act does not take effect unless, within 
days of the adjournment of the Legislature, the Secretary of State receives written 
certification by the Joint Tribal Council of the Passamaquoddy Tribe that the tribe has 
agreed to the provisions of this Act pursuant to 25 United States Code, Section 1725( e), 
copies of which must be submitted by the Secretary of State to the Secretary of the 
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Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Revisor of Statutes, except that 
in no event may this Act become effective until 90 days after the adjournment of the 
Legislature. 
SUMMARY 
This bill amends the Act to Implement the Maine Indian Claims Settlement 
concerning the trust lands of the Passamaquoddy Tribe. The Secretary of the Interior of 
the United States has until January 31, 2017 to acquire and place in trust on behalf of the 
Passamaquoddy Tribe all land acquired in Centerville. 
If that deadline is met, the 
acquired land becomes part of the trust lands of the Passamaquoddy Tribe. 
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