Resolve, Authorizing the Reconveyance of Land and Authorizing the Sinclair Sanitary District To Lease Land for Telecommunications Purposes
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1595
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Sponsors: MARTIN, EDGECOMB, SAUCIER, WHITE

Legislative Document 
No. 1595 
H.P. 1085 
House of Representatives, February 18, 2016 
Resolve, Authorizing the Reconveyance of Land and Authorizing 
the Sinclair Sanitary District To Lease Land for 
Telecommunications Purposes 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry suggested and 
ordered printed. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative MARTIN of Sinclair. 
Cosponsored by Senator EDGECOMB of Aroostook and 
Representatives: EDGECOMB of Fort Fairfield, MARTIN of Eagle Lake, McELWEE of 
Caribou, SAUCIER of Presque Isle, WHITE of Washburn. 
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. 
Sec. 1.  Reconveyance of land.  Resolved:  That the Director of the Bureau of 
Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry shall 
reconvey to the Sinclair Sanitary District the portion of public lot T. 17, together with 
necessary access rights, that was previously conveyed to the district by the Director of the 
Bureau of Public Lands pursuant to Resolve 1991, chapter 75, as recorded in Book 0954, 
conveying the property must expressly authorize the Sinclair Sanitary District to lease a 
portion of the conveyed land for the purpose of constructing, operating, maintaining and 
replacing a commercial telecommunications tower; and be it further 
Sec. 2.  Lease.  Resolved:  That the Sinclair Sanitary District may lease a portion 
of the land conveyed pursuant to section 1 to Bay Communications II, LLC, its 
successors or assigns, for the purposes of constructing, operating, maintaining and 
replacing a commercial telecommunications tower and for the purpose, among other 
things, of improving 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. 
SUMMARY 
This resolve directs the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the 
Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to reconvey to the Sinclair 
Sanitary District land that was previously conveyed to the district pursuant to Resolve 
1991, chapter 75.  This resolve also authorizes the Sinclair Sanitary District to lease a 
portion of that land to Bay Communications II, LLC to build a commercial 
telecommunications tower.