An Act to Require Forest
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 0039
Committee Amendment CA_A_H125 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §8881, 12 MRSA §8885

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A__,, to H.P.\ L.D. 39, "An Act to Require Forest 
Landowners to Report the RegistratioW· Sale' of Their Forest Carbon Credits" . 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act to Require Landowners to Report Their Participation in a Forest Carbon 
Progr~m or Project' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after 'the enactirig ~lause and inse.rting the 
follo\ovlng: 
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'Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §8881, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: 
2-A. Forest carbon credit. "Forest carbon credit'.' means a unit that is eguivalei1t to 
one metric ton of carbon dioxide emissions or carbon dioxide ~guivalent emissions that are 
avoided, removed or absorbed as a result of forest 111anage111ent ·acti\ilties. that are eith'er 
undertaken or deferred to increase forest carbon storage or sequestration·, 
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Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §8881, sub-§2-B is enacted to read: 
2-B. Forest carbon program or project. "Forest carbon program or project'' means 
a planned set of forest management activities for a defined area of forest land that is 
designed to provide transferable forest carbon credits and that is developed to conform to 
an existing voluntary or regulatoty forest carbon protocol or registty, 
Se~. 3. 12 MRSA §8881, sub-§2-C is enacted to read: 
2-C. Forest carbon project developer. "Forest carbon project developer" means an 
entity that acts on behalf of a landowner to establish forest carbon credits to meet the 
requirements of an existing volunta1y or regulatory forest carbon protocol or registry. 
IIForest carbon project developer" also means a landowner that acts as the landowner's own 
forest carbon project developer, 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §8885, sub-§2-B is enacted to read: 
2-B. Report on forest carbon program or project. A landowner or the landowner's 
designated agent shall submit a repott to the director whenever any portion of the 
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landowner's forest land locate.din the State is enrolled in a forest carbon program or project. 
The repo1t niust include the following information: 
A. The name of the forest carbon program or project and the name of the forest carbon 
project developer, if different from the landowner: 
8, The name of the volunta1y or regulato1y forest carbon protocol or registry and the 
forest carbon program or project identification number in the registry, if known: 
C, The legal name and contact information of the landowner or landowners as of the 
date of enrollment in the forest carbon program or project: 
D. The period of enrollment in the forest carbon program or project of the affected 
forest land; and 
E. The total forest acreage enrolled in the forest carbon program or project by town, 
township or plantation. 
A landowner that enrolled in a forest carbon program or project prior to the effective date 
of this subsection must file the repo1t required pursuant to subsection 2-8 by July 1, 2026. 
Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §8885, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2003, c, 452, Pt. F, §47 and 
affected by Pt. X, §2 and amended by PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §7 and PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. 
A, §23, is further amended to read: 
3. Reports. Reports required under subsections 1 aoo~ 2, 2-A and 2-8 are due during 
the month of January for the preceding year. If the period of cutting under subsection 1 or 
or 2-A extends beyond December 31st of any calendar year, a repo1t must be submitted 
during the month of January for the preceding year. A person filing a harvest notification 
form pursuant to section 8883-B must complete and return to the bureau a harvest repo1t 
whether or not the landowner has harvested that year.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Pait letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill and changes the title. It requires that a landowner or 
the landowner's designated agent report paiticipation in a forest carbon program or project 
to. the Director of the Bureau of Forest1y within the Depaitment of Agriculture, 
Conservation and Forestiy. The amendment decreases the amount of information required 
under the bill to be included in a repo1t of a forest carbon program or project. The 
amendment also eliminates the bill's requirement that an initial repo1t for a forest carbon 
project over 1,000 acres in size must be accompanied by a fee of $200. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Revised: 05/06/25 LRL 
LD39 
LR 150(02) 
An Act to Require Forest Landowners to Report the Registration or Sale of Their Forest Carbon 
Credits 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "}\" ( l;t _ ( i. ~) 
Committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry f\ \ 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Any additional costs to the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry from the provisions of this bill are 
expected to be minor and can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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