Resolve, To Authorize the Depmiment of Conservation To Place Priority on Access to Celia in Prominent Water _Bodies under the Land for Maine's Future Fund
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0687
Committee Amendment CA_A_S363 (Senate)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A "to S.P. 262, L.D. 687, "Resolve, To Authorize 
the Depmiment of Conservation To Place Priority on Access to Celia in Prominent Water 
_Bodies under the Land for Maine's Future Fund" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Direct the Depal·tmellt of Conservation To Seel{ To Acquire Public 
Access to the Dead River' 
Amend the resolve by striking out everything after the title and before the summary 
and inseliing the following: 
'Sec. 1. 
Access to the Dead River; direction to the Department of 
Conservation. Resolved: That the Depmiment of Conservation shall seek to acquire 
a public right-of-way approximately 16 miles in length along the Lower Enchanted Road, 
from Route 201 in West Forks Plantation westward to and including an area commonly 
used for vehicle parking, trip staging and watercraft access to the Dead River near its 
confluence with Spencer Stream. 
The Department of Conservation shall exhaustively pursue all 0ppOliunities to 
acquire the public right-of-way through paliicipating in any process by which public 
access via easements or fee acquisitions might reasonably be solicited and obtained; and 
be it further 
Sec. 2. 
No obligation to maintain. 
Resolved: 
That the Department of 
Conservation may assume but is not required to assume any obligation to improve or 
maintain the- right-of-way at public expense; and be it further 
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Sec. 3. Request for funds. Resolved: That the Department of Conservation 
shall seek public and private funds to acquire public access to the Dead River via 
easements or fee acquisitions; and be it further 
Sec. 4. Report. Resolved: That the Depaliment of Conservation shall repOli to 
the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over conservation 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT -A "to S.P. 262, L.D. 687 
matters no later than January 10, 20 lIon the status of negotiations for access to the Dead 
River; and be it further 
Sec. 5. Bill authorized. Resolved: That the joint standing committee of the 
Legislature having jurisdiction over conservation matters may submit a biIl relating to 
public access to the Dead River to the First Regular Session of the 125th Legislature.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the resolve. It directs the Department of Conservation to 
seek to acquire a public right-of-way along approximately 16 miles of the Lower 
Enchanted Road, fi'om Route 201 in West Forks Plantation westward to an area used for 
vehicle parking and launching watercraft into the Dead River. 
It specifies that the 
department is not required to assume an obligation to improve or maintain the right-of-
way at public expense. It directs the department to seek private and public funds to 
secure public access via easements or fee acquisitions. It requires the department to 
report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over 
conservation matters no later than January 10, 2011 and authorizes the committee to 
submit a bill to the First Regular Session of the 125th Legislature. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 02/0411 0 Mac 
LD687 
LR 1533(02) 
Resolve, To Authorize the Department of Conservation To Place Priority on Access to Certain 
Prominent Water Bodies under the Laud for Maine's Future Fund 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committe.e Amendment ,~" 
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Department of Conservation associated with pursuing opportunities to acquire a public right of 
way to the Dead River can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
LRIS33(02) - Fiscal Note - Page I of I