Resolve, To Direct State Agencies To Develop Polities To Guide Employees When Accessing Private Woodland·
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0561
Sponsors: WATSON

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124th MAl E LEGISLATURE 
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Legislative Document 
H.P.399 
House of Representatives, February 17, 2009 
Resolve, To Direct State Agencies To Develop Polities To Guide 
Employees When Accessing Private Woodland· 
Reference to the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry sugg~sted and 
ordered printed. 
Presented by Representative WATSON of Bath: 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Sec. 1. Policies. Resolved: That the Department of Wand· Fisheries and Wildlife,' 
the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Marine Resources, the 
Department of. Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources and, the Department of 
Conservation, referred to in this .. resolve as "the departments," shall develop written 
policies regarding entering private woodland for nonemergency purposes to collect 
information. The policies must address such items as when prenotification or permission 
is appropriate; when no notification or permission is needed; what constitutes notification 
or permission; motorized and nomnotorized access; and when woodland owners should 
be informed .regarding potential uses of data or information collected .. The departments 
may have different policies for accessing woodland for different purposes. This resolve 
does not interfere with the departments' enforcement authority; and be it further 
Sec.2. Feedback from woodland owners. Resolved: That, in developing the 
policies under section 1, the departments shall solicit feedback from w'oodland owners. 
The departments shall ensure that department employees are aware of and comply with 
the policies. The departments may alter these policies as necessary; and be it further 
Sec. 3. No Jrulemaking. Resolved: That the policies required under this resolve 
do not constitute rules and the departments are not required to further undertake, 
rulemaking for purposes of adopting these policies; and be it further 
Sec. 4., Adoption. Resolved: That the policies required under this resolve must 
be adopted by January 1, 2010. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve directs the Department of Wand Fisheries and Wildlife, the Department 
of Environmental Protection, the Department of Marine Resources, the Department of 
Agriclllture, Food and Rural Resources and the Department of Conservation to develop 
written policies regarding entering private woodland for nonemergency' purposes to 
collect information. 
. The departments are required to solicit feedback from woodland owners in 
developing the policies; . The policies developed by the departments are not rules and the 
departments are not required to adopt rules to implement the policies. The policies must 
be adopted by January 1, 201 O. 
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