Resolve, To Direct State Agencies To Develop Policies To Guide Employees When Accessing Private Woodland
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0561
Committee Amendment CA_A_H103 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 399, L.D. 561, "Resolve, To Direct 
State Agencies To Develop Policies To Guide Employees When Accessing Private 
Woodland" 
Amend the resolve by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, To Direct State Agencies To Develop Policies To Guide Employees When 
Accessing Private Woodland, Farmland or Coastal Lands' 
Amend the resolve in section 1 in the 5th line (page 1, line 5 in L.D.) by inserting 
after the following: "woodland" the following: " farmland or coastal lands' 
Amend the resolve in section 1 in the 8th line (page 1, line 8 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "owners" and inserting the following: 'or farmland owners or owners of 
coastal lands' 
Amend the resolve in section 1 in the next to the last line (page 1, line lOin L.D.) by 
inserting after the following: "woodland" the following: " farmland or coastal lands' 
Amend the resolve in section 2 in the 2nd line (page 1, line,I3 in L.D.) by striking out 
the following: "owners" and inserting the following: 'and farmland owners and owners of 
coastal lands' 
Amend the resolve by inserting after section 3 the following: 
'Sec. 4. Report on policies; legislation authorized. Resolved: 
That the 
departments shall report to the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation 
and Forestry no later than January 15, 2010 on the policies developed under section l. 
The repOli must include a copy of each department's policies pertaining to accessing 
private woodlands, farmlands and coastal lands and a summary of input received from 
fannland and woodland owners and owners of coastal lands during the development of 
these policies. The report must also include a description of how infonnation collected 
on private land is used by the departments, the types of information that are available to 
the public and how that information is provided. 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to H.P. 399, L.D. 561 
The Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry may submit 
legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 124th Legislature pertaining to state 
employees' access to private lands or the dissemination of information collected on 
private lands; and be it further' 
Amend the resolve by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment requires the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, 
Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Marine Resources, Department 
of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources and Department of Conservation to develop 
policies to guide employees when accessing private farmland and coastal lands as well as 
private woodland. The amendment also requires the departments to report to the Joint 
Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry by January 15,2010 on 
the policies developed under the resolve. The Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, 
Conservation and Forestry may submit legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 
124th Legislature. 
FISCAL ;-';OTE J~E<J L I j{EO 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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LD561 
LR 1132(02) 
Resolve, To Direct State Agencies To Develop Policies To Guide Employees When Accessing Private 
Woodland 
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 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Additional costs to the Departments of Environmental Protection, Conservation, Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Marine 
Resources and Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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