An Act To Restore the Historical Town Boundary between Harpswell and Brunswick
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0069
Committee Amendment CA_A_H552 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,,~ " to H.P. 57, L.D. 69, Bill, "An Act To Restore 
the Historical Town Boundary between Harpswell and Brunswick" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Boundary line between the Town of Harpswell, the Town of West 
Bath and the Town of Brunswick. The portion of the common boundary of the 
Town of Harpswell, County of Cumberland, the Town of West Bath, County of 
Sagadahoc and the Town of Brunswick, County of Cumberland is that certain boundary 
created and described in Province of Massachusetts Bay, Province Laws 1738-39, 
Chapter 28, enacted January 26, 1738, described as follows: beginning at the mouth of a 
river or creek that runs to Stephen's Landing, now known as the New Meadows River, to 
run by the water-side, south-westerly, to the south-west point of a place called the new 
meadows; thence, to strike across the cove, upon a course north-north-west, till it meets 
and intersects the upper end of Merryconeeg neck, four rods above the narrows of said 
neck, commonly called the carrying-place; thence to run along the shore to a neck of land 
called Mare Point, and a mile and a quarter down said neck.' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following: 
'Sec. 3. Regulation of shellfish harvesting areas in the intertidal zone. 
Notwithstanding the boundary established in section 1, the regulation and enforcement of 
the shellfish harvesting areas under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, chapter 623 in 
the intertidal zone that were regulated and enforced by the Town of Brunswick prior to 
the effective date of this Act remain under the control of the Town of Brunswick for 
purposes of regulation and enforcement.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. It changes the boundary 
between the Town of Harpswell and the Town of Brunswick in the bill to exclude 
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property that was inadvertently included and is currently within the boundaries of the 
Town of West Bath. The amendment also preserves the Town of Brunswick's authority 
to regulate and enforce shellfish harvesting in the intertidal zone despite a change in the 
boundary. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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LD69 
LR 659(02) 
An Act To Restore the Historical Town Boundary between Harpswell and Brunswick 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,,~, 
Committee: State and Local Government 
State Mandates 
Required Activity 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
State mandate - Unfunded 
Requiring a change to the boundary line between Harpswell and Brunswick will 
necessitate revision of town assessing activities. The costs are not expected to be 
significant. 
Unit Affected 
Local Cost 
Municipality 
Insignificant 
limited scope 
The required local activities in this bill may represent a State mandate pursuant to the Constitution of Maine. Unless 
General Fund appropriations are provided to fund at least 90% of the additional costs or a Mandate Preamble is 
amended to the bill and two-thirds of the members of each House vote to exempt this mandate from the funding 
requirement, municipalities may not be required to implement these changes. 
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