An Act To Move the Land for Maine's Future Program to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1120
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Sponsors: MOULTON, GIFFORD
Amends: 5 MRSA §6202, 5 MRSA §6204

Legislative Document 
No. 1120 
H.P. 832 
House of Representatives, March 15, 2011 
An Act To Move the Land for Maine's Future Program to the 
Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources 
Reference to the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and 
ordered printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative MOULTON of York. 
Cosponsored by Representative: GIFFORD of Lincoln. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  5 MRSA §6202, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 506, §§1 and 4, is repealed and 
the following enacted in its place: 
§6202.  Land for Maine's Future Board 
The Land for Maine's Future Board, as established in section 12004-G, subsection 29 
and referred to in this chapter as "the board," is an Executive Department Board located 
within the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources. 
Sec. 2.  5 MRSA §6204, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1993, c. 728, §6, is further 
amended to read: 
1.  Composition.  The board consists of 11 10 members, 6 who are private citizens 
and 5 4 who are permanent members.  The permanent members are the Commissioner of 
Conservation; the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; the Commissioner of 
Marine Resources; and the Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources; and 
the Director of the State Planning Office. 
Sec. 3.  5 MRSA §6204, sub-§6, as amended by PL 1993, c. 728, §6, is further 
amended to read: 
6.  Assistance. The Department of Conservation; the Department of Inland Fisheries 
and Wildlife; the Department of Transportation; the Department of Agriculture, Food and 
Rural Resources; the State Planning Office; and all other state agencies shall provide staff 
support and assistance considered necessary by the board to fulfill the objectives of this 
chapter. If agency assistance is not available, consultants may be hired from the proceeds 
of either the Land for Maine's Future Fund or the Public Access to Maine Waters Fund to 
assist the board in carrying out its responsibilities. 
Sec. 4.  Transition provisions.  The following provisions govern the transfer of 
responsibilities for providing administrative support to the Land for Maine's Future Board 
from the Executive Department, State Planning Office to the Department of Agriculture, 
Food and Rural Resources. 
1.  Any positions authorized and allocated to the State Planning Office in support of 
the Land for Maine's Future Board and administration of the Land for Maine's Future 
Fund and the Public Access to Maine Waters Fund are transferred to the Department of 
Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources and may continue to be authorized. 
2.  All records, property and equipment previously belonging to or allocated for the 
use of the State Planning Office in support of the Land for Maine's Future Board become, 
on the effective date of this Act, the property of the Department of Agriculture, Food and 
Rural Resources. 
3.  Any existing contracts, agreements or compacts entered into by the Director of the 
State Planning Office or the Executive Director of the Land for Maine's Future Program 
continue in effect. 
SUMMARY 
This bill transfers responsibility for and resources in support of the Land for Maine's 
Future Board and Land for Maine's Future Program from the Executive Department, State 
Planning Office to the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources.