An Act To Review State Lands and Waterways That Have Sacred, Traditional or Other Significance to the Wabanaki Tribes
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1907
Committee Amendment CA_A_H1012 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1413, L.D. 1907, "An Act To Review 
State Lands and Waterways That Have Sacred, Traditional or Other Significance to the 
Wabanaki Tribes" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Concerning State Lands alid Waterways That Have Sacred, Traditional or 
Other Significance to the Wabanaki Tribes' 
- Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and inserting the following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, this legislation needs to take effect before the expiration of the 90-day 
period in order to identify before the convening of the First Regular Session of the 131 st 
Legislature state-owned lands or waterways that have sacred, traditional or other 
significance to the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Penobscot Nation, the Houlton Band of 
Maliseet Indians or the Mi'kmaq Nation; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore, be it 
Sec. 1. Identification of lands and waterways. Resolved: That the Maine 
Indian Tribal-State Commission, established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 30, 
section 6212 and refe1Ted to in this resolve as "the commission," shall identify state-owned 
lands and waterways that have sacred, traditional or other significance to the Wabanaki 
Tribes consisting of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Penobscot Nation, the Houlton Band of 
Maliseet Indians and the Mi'kmaq Nation. 
Sec. 2. Formalized process for transfer or enhanced access. Resolved: That 
the commission shall determine whether a process to transfer ownership of or provide 
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COMMIITEEAMENDMENT"A"toH.P.1413,L.D.1907 
enhanced access to identified state-owned lands and waterways under section 1 to the 
Wabanaki Tribes should be formalized, and, if so, what that process should be. 
Sec. 3. Report; legislation. Resolved: That the commission shall submit a report 
to the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary by December 1, 2022 detailing the lands and 
waterways identified pursuant to section 1 and recommendations relating to a formalized 
process to transfer ownership of or provide enhanced access to the identified lands and 
waterways. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over 
judiciary matters may report out legislation related to the report to the 131 st Legislature in 
2023. 
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this legislation 
takes effect when approved.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve directing the Maine Indian Tribal-State 
Commission to identify state-owned lands and waterways that have sacred, traditional or 
other significance to the Wabanaki Tribes, which are the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the 
Penobscot Nation, the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians and the Mi'kmaq Nation. The 
commission is required to determine whether a formalized process should be adopted to 
transfer ownership of or to provide enhanced access to the lands and waterways to the 
Wabanaki Tribes. The commission is required to submit a report by December 1, 2022 to 
the Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary. 
The joint standing committee of the 
Legislature havingjurisdiction over judiciary matters may report out legislation to the 131st 
Legislature in 2023 . 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/29/22 fo?ae 
LD 1907 
LR 2457(02) 
An Act To Review State Lands and Waterways That Have Sacred, Traditional or Other Significance 
to the Wabanaki Tribes 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment kW- / 0 It.) 
Committee: Judiciary 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Additional costs for the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission to implement the requirements of the bill can be 
absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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