An Act To Authorize the Sinclair Sanitary District To Lease Land for Telecommunications Purposes
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1659

Legislative Document 
No. 1659 
H.P. 1130 
House of Representatives, March 17, 2016 
An Act To Authorize the Sinclair Sanitary District To Lease Land 
for Telecommunications Purposes 
Reported by Representative HICKMAN of Winthrop for the Joint Standing Committee on 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry pursuant to Joint Order 2016, H.P. 1113. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
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. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  Modification of certain limitations governing Sinclair Sanitary 
District.  Notwithstanding Resolve 1991, chapter 75, the Sinclair Sanitary District is 
authorized to lease to Bay Communications II, LLC, in accordance with this Act, a 
portion of public lot T. 17, R. 4, which was previously conveyed to the district by the 
Director of the Bureau of Public Lands pursuant to Resolve 1991, chapter 75 and 
recorded in Book 0954, Page 107, Aroostook County Registry of Deeds (Northern 
Division). 
Sec. 2.  Authority of Sinclair Sanitary District to lease land.  The Sinclair 
Sanitary District may lease a portion of the land conveyed to the district by the Director 
of the Bureau of Public Lands pursuant to Resolve 1991, chapter 75 to Bay 
Communications II, LLC, its successors or assigns, for the purposes of constructing, 
operating, maintaining and replacing a commercial telecommunications tower that will, 
among other things, improve local wireless communications service and emergency 
telecommunications service in the region. The authority granted pursuant to this section is 
subject to the following conditions. 
1. The total area to be leased may not exceed 1.2 acres, which must include all safety 
or so-called fall zones that may be required by the applicable permitting authority for 
construction of the tower. 
2. The land must be leased by the Sinclair Sanitary District at its fair market lease 
value. All revenues derived by the district from leasing the land must be applied by the 
district to reducing the cost of providing wastewater disposal services to the district’s 
ratepayers and customers. 
Sec. 3.  Release of deed restrictions.  The Director of the Bureau of Parks and 
Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry shall convey to 
the Sinclair Sanitary District a deed modification that amends the deed limitations 
imposed on the use by the Sinclair Sanitary District of the land conveyed to the district by 
the Director of the Bureau of Public Lands pursuant to Resolve 1991, chapter 75.  The 
modification must expressly acknowledge the authority granted by this Act for the 
Sinclair Sanitary District to lease a portion of the land for the purpose of constructing, 
operating, maintaining and replacing a commercial telecommunications tower in 
accordance with this Act. 
SUMMARY 
This bill authorizes the Sinclair Sanitary District to lease a portion of the land 
conveyed pursuant to Resolve 1991, chapter 75 to Bay Communications II, LLC, to build 
a telecommunications tower.  It directs the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands 
within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to convey to the 
Sinclair Sanitary District a deed modification that expressly authorizes this use. 
Approved: 03/14/16
LD 1659
LR 2741(01)
Fiscal Detail and Notes
Fiscal Note
Minor cost increase - General Fund
The bill directs the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (ACF) to convey a deed modification to the 
Sinclair Sanitary District concerning land that ACF conveyed to the sanitary district. This deed modification 
acknowledges the authority of the Sinclair Sanitary District to lease a portion of the land to construct, operate, 
maintain and replace a commercial telecommunications tower. Any additional costs to ACF are expected to be minor 
and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources.
An Act To Authorize the Sinclair Sanitary District To Lease Land for Telecommunications Purposes
Fiscal Note for Original Bill
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Fiscal Note Required: Yes
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