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action plan. Management of the public reserved lands before the | action plans are completed must be in accordance with all other | provisions of this section. |
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| | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §1848, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 678, §13, is | amended to read: |
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| | 2. Grant of permits. The bureau may grant permits and enter | into contracts to cut timber, harvest grass and wild foods, tap | maple trees for sap and cultivate and harvest crops provided that | such permits and contract rights create revocable licenses to the | permittee or party to the contract and do not create any real | property interest in the public reserved lands. In any permit or | contract to cut timber, the bureau must specify that the | harvesting be done using selection cutting based on the | principles of uneven-aged stand management. |
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| | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §1852, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 678, §13, is | amended to read: |
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| | 1. Transfer of management responsibility to other state | agencies. Whenever a particular portion of the public reserved | lands is to be used, under the management plan under section | 1847, subsection 2, for a dominant use that is within the | particular expertise of another agency of the State, the | commissioner, with the consent of the Governor and the state | agency involved, may transfer to that other state agency the | responsibility for the management of that particular portion of | the public reserved lands. When the dominant use for a | particular portion of the public reserved lands is timber | production, the commissioner shall transfer responsibility for | the management of that particular portion to the Bureau of | Forestry.__The Bureau of Forestry shall manage portions of the | public reserved lands for which it is responsible using uneven- | aged stand management. |
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| | This bill specifies that uneven-aged forest stand management | be used on the public reserved lands. When the dominant use on a | portion of public reserved lands is timber production, the | Commissioner of Conservation shall transfer management | responsibility for that portion to the Department of | Conservation, Bureau of Forestry. |
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