Resolve, To Authorize the Exchange of Certain Lands Owned by the State
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1132
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Sponsors: FARNHAM, HASTINGS, SAVIELLO, WILLETTE

Legislative Document 
No. 1132 
S.P. 341 
In Senate, March 16, 2011 
Resolve, To Authorize the Exchange of Certain Lands Owned by the 
State 
Reference to the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and 
ordered printed. 
JOSEPH G. CARLETON, JR. 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator FARNHAM of Penobscot. 
Cosponsored by Senators: HASTINGS of Oxford, SAVIELLO of Franklin, Representative: 
WILLETTE of Presque Isle. 
Preamble.  The Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 23 requires that real 
estate held by the State for conservation or recreation purposes may not be reduced or its 
uses substantially altered except on the vote of 2/3 of all members elected to each House. 
Whereas, certain real estate authorized for conveyance by this resolve is under the 
designations described in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 598-A; and 
Whereas, the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of 
Conservation may sell or exchange lands or interests in lands with the approval of the 
Legislature in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 6209 and Title 
12, sections 1814, 1837 and 1851; now, therefore, be it 
Sec. 1.  Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized, but not 
directed, to convey certain interests in land in Oxford County.  Resolved:  
That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of 
Conservation may by quitclaim deed without covenant, for exchange of land or interests 
in land of comparable market value, and on such other terms and conditions as the 
director may direct, convey access rights by easement to Pingree Associates, Inc., in 
connection with land in Township 5, Range 2, also known as Lincoln Plantation; 
Township 4, Range 2, also known as Adamstown Township; Township 4, Range 1, also 
known as Richardsontown Township; and Township C, all in Oxford County; and be it 
further 
Sec. 2.  Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized, but not 
directed, to convey certain interests in land in Nashville Plantation in 
Aroostook County.  Resolved:  That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands 
within the Department of Conservation may by quitclaim deed without covenant, for 
exchange of land or interests in land of comparable market value, and on such other terms 
and conditions as the director may direct, convey a parcel of land in Nashville Plantation, 
in Aroostook County, to Pingree Associates, Inc. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve authorizes the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the 
Department of Conservation, for exchange of land or interests in land of comparable 
market value, to convey access rights by easement to Pingree Associates, Inc., in 
connection with land in Township 5, Range 2, also known as Lincoln Plantation; 
Township 4, Range 2, also known as Adamstown Township; Township 4, Range 1, also 
known as Richardsontown Township; and Township C, all in Oxford County.  It also 
authorizes the director, for exchange of land or interests in land of comparable market 
value, to convey a parcel of land in Nashville Plantation, in Aroostook County, to Pingree 
Associates, Inc.