An Act To Amend the Definition of "Penobscot Indian Reservation
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2306
Committee: Judiciary
Sponsors: LORING
Amends: 30 MRSA §6203

Legislative Document 
No. 2306 
H.P.1666 
House of Representatives, April 8,2008 
An Act To Amend the Definition of "Penobscot Indian Reservation" 
Reference to the Committee on Judiciary suggested and ordered printed. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative LORING of the Penobscot Nation. (GOVERNOR'S BILL) 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 30 MRSA §6203, sub-§8, as amended by PL 1987, c. 712, § § 1 and 2, is 
further amended to read: 
8. 
Penobscot Indian Reservation. 
"Penobscot Indian Reservation" means the 
islands in the Penobscot River reserved to the Penobscot Nation by agreement with the 
States of Massachusetts and Maine consisting solely of Indian Island, also known as Old 
Town Island, and all islands in that river northward thereof that existed on June 29, 1818, 
excepting any island transferred to a person or entity other than a member of the 
Penobscot Nation subsequent to June 29, 1818, and prior to the effective date of this Act. 
If any land within Nicatow Island is hereafter acquired by the Penobscot Nation, or the 
secretary on its behalf, that land shall must be included within the Penobscot Indian 
Reservation. 
The "Penobscot Indian Reservation" includes the following parcels of land which have 
been or may be acquired by the Penobscot Nation from Bangor Pacific Hydro Associates 
as compensation for flowage of reservation lands by the West Enfield dam: A parcel 
located on the Mattagamon Gate Road and on the East Branch of the Penobscot River in 
T.6 R.8 WELS, which is a portion of the "Mattagamon Lake Dam Lot" and has an area of 
approximately 24.3 acres, and Smith Island in the Penobscot River, which has an area of 
approximately one acre. 
Notwithstanding section 6205, subsection 5 and section 6209-B, subsection 5, the 
"Penobscot Indian Reservation" also includes a certain parcel of land located in Argyle, 
Penobscot County consisting of approximately 714 acres known as the Argyle East Parcel 
and more particularly described as Parcel One in a deed from the Penobscot Indian 
Nation to the United States of America dated November 22, 2005 and recorded at the 
Penobscot County Registry of Deeds in Book 10267, Page 265. 
Sec. 2. Effective date. This Act does not take effect unless, within 60 days of the 
adjournment of the First Special Session of the 123rd Legislature, the Secretary of State 
receives written certification by the Tribal Chief and the Council of the Penobscot Nation 
that the nation 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 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 First Special Session of the 123rd Legislature. 
SUMMARY 
This bill adds a 714-acre parcel of land located in a portion of the Unorganized 
Territory known as Argyle in Penobscot County to the definition of the "Penobscot Indian 
Reservation."