Resolve, To Modify the Deed for a Parcel of Property in the Town of Carrabassett Valley (AFTER DEADLINE)
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 1610
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Sponsors: SKOLFIELD, BLACK

Legislative Document
No. 1610
H.P. 1162
House of Representatives, April 23, 2019
Resolve, To Modify the Deed for a Parcel of Property in the Town of 
Carrabassett Valley
(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 SKOLFIELD of Weld.
Cosponsored by Senator BLACK of Franklin.
Sec. 1.  Resolve 1999, c. 41, §4, amended. Resolved: That Resolve 1999, c. 41, 
§4, as amended by PL 1999, c. 790, Pt. Q, §1 and affected by §2, is further amended to 
read: 
Sec. 4.  Deed and restrictions.  Resolved:  That the property must be conveyed 
by quit claim deed without covenants, subject to the following deed restrictions:  The 
Town of Carrabassett Valley shall in perpetuity retain title to the property and may not 
sell or otherwise transfer any interest, in whole or in part, in the property except that the 
Town of Carrabassett Valley may lease portions of the property as long as the uses are 
consistent with the uses specified in this resolve.  The property must remain open and 
available for use and enjoyment by the public at large.  Use of the property must be 
dedicated for purposes of public outdoor recreation, including, but not limited to: natural 
history study; hiking; camping, other than in motor vehicles; cross-country skiing; 
hunting; fishing; fisheries and wildlife management; skating; timber management and 
harvesting under a management plan prepared by a licensed professional forester; and 
attendant roads and parking.  The property must be maintained in an essentially natural 
and undeveloped condition, except that up to 25 contiguous acres in the aggregate, 
including any development in existence on the effective date of this resolve, may be 
developed for any municipal facility.  The following uses are expressly prohibited: 
residential development of any type; development for overnight accommodations, except 
camping; development for any type of commercial service center, shops, restaurants or 
other commercial development; or development for any purpose that will change the 
natural character of the area, except that those uses presently made of the Outdoor and 
Touring Center located on the property may continue.  If the Town of Carrabassett Valley 
fails to comply with any of the conditions or restrictions, in whole or in part, contained in 
this resolve, the State may give written notice to the Town of Carrabassett Valley, and if 
the Town of Carrabassett Valley fails to comply within 30 days, then the title to the 
property reverts to the State; such a reversion may not be effective until the State records 
a notice of the reversion in the Franklin County Registry of Deeds.
SUMMARY
This resolve amends the deed transferring land from the State to the Town of 
Carrabassett Valley to remove the prohibition on camping in motor vehicles.