Resolve, To Modify the Deed for a Parcel of Property in the Town of Carrabassett Valley (AFTER DEADLINE)
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1690
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Sponsors: BLACK, SKOLFIELD, LANDRY

Legislative Document
No. 1690
S.P. 546
In Senate, May 10, 2021
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.
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on May 6, 2021.  Referred to the Committee on 
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BLACK of Franklin.
Cosponsored by Representative SKOLFIELD of Weld and
Representative: LANDRY of Farmington.
Sec. 1.  Resolve 1999, c. 41, §4, amended. Resolved:  That Resolve 1999, c. 41, 
§4, as amended by Resolve 2019, c. 73, §1, is further amended to read:
Sec. 4.  Deed and restrictions.  Resolved:  That the property must be conveyed by 
quit claim quitclaim 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; 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; and 
development for overnight accommodations, except camping, including commercial 
camping if development plans for commercial camping are approved by the State; 
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 against using the land for a commercial 
purpose.