An Act To Provide Passamaquoddy Tribal Members Access to Clean Drinking Water
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 0906
Committee Amendment CA_B_H985 (House)
Amends: 30 MRSA §6205

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,p" to H.P. 662, L.D. 906, "An Act To Provide 
Passamaquoddy Tribal Members Access to Clean Drinking Water" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. P&SL 1983, c. 25, §15 is repealed. 
Sec. 2. 30 MRSA §6205, sub-§1, ~-2, as amended by PL 2021, c. 139, §1 and 
affected by §3, is further amended to read: 
D-2. Land acquired by the secretary for the benefit of the Passamaquoddy Tribe in 
Centerville conveyed by Bertram C. Tackeffto the Passamaquoddy Tribe by quitclaim 
deed dated May 4, 1982, recorded in the Washington County Registry of Deeds in 
Book 1178, Page 35, to the extent that the land is not held in common with any other 
person or entity and is certified by the secretary as held for the benefit of the 
Passamaquoddy Tribe; a½½4 
Sec. 3. 30 MRSA §6205, sub-§1, ~' as amended by PL 2021, c. 139, §1 and 
affected by §3, is further amended to read: 
E. Land acquired by the secretary for the benefit of the Passamaquoddy Tribe in 
Township 21 consisting of Gordon Island in Big Lake, conveyed by Domtar Maine 
Corporation to the Passamaquoddy Tribe by corporate quitclaim deed dated April 30, 
2002, recorded in the Washington County Registry of Deeds in Book 2624, Page 301, 
to the extent that the land is not held in common with any other person or entity and is 
certified by the secretary as held for the benefit of the Passamaquoddy Tribe,; and 
Sec. 4. 30 MRSA §6205, sub-§1, ~ 
is enacted to read: 
F. Land acquired by the secretary for the benefit of the Passamaquoddy Tribe in Perry 
consisting of: 
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"to H.P. 662, L.D. 906 
( l) Land conveyed by Denise E. Plouffe to the Passamaquoddy Tribe by quitclaim 
deed dated October 5, 2017, recorded in the Washington County Registry of Deeds 
in Book 4403, Pages 18 and 19: and 
(2) Land conveyed by Austin Humphries to the Passamaquoddy Tribe by deed 
dated November 18, 1983, recorded in the Washington County Registry of Deeds 
in Book 1252, Pages 93 to 95. 
Notwithstanding subsection 5 and any other provision of this Act to the contrary, the 
addition of land to the Passamaquoddy Indian territory pursuant to this paragraph is not 
subject to approval by any city, town, village or plantation within the State. 
Sec. 5. Contingent effective date; certification. This Act does not take effect 
unless, within 60 days after adjournment of the Second Regular Session of the 130th 
Legislature, the Secretary of State receives written certification by the Joint Tribal Council 
of the Passamaquoddy Tribe that the tribe has agreed to the provisions of this Act, copies 
of which must be submitted by the Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Senate, the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Revisor of Statutes.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes and replaces the bill, which is a concept draft. The intent of 
this amendment is to improve access to safe drinking water for the Passamaquoddy Tribe 
at Pleasant Point and surrounding communities. The amendment exempts the property of 
the Passamaquoddy Water District, which is a nontribal entity, from taxation by municipal 
governments. It also authorizes 2 parcels of tribally owned fee land in close proximity to 
the existing Passamaquoddy Indian territory to be added to the tribe's Indian territory 
through the federal trust acquisition process, without local approval, in order to provide 
access to alternate supplies of groundwater. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/17/22 ~ae 
LD906 
LR 1056(03) 
An Act To Provide Passamaquoddy Tribal Members Access to Clean Drinking Water 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment {!J'{H--Cf s;) 
Committee: Judiciary 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Current biennium revenue decrease - Municipalities 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Repealing Private and Special Law 1983, c. 25, Section 15 would exempt property of the Passamaquoddy Water 
District from property taxes and lead to a loss of municipal property tax revenue. No estimate of the loss has been 
made at this time. 
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