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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
PART A

 
Sec. A-1. 5 MRSA §7-B, as repealed and replaced by PL 1993, c. 349,
§4 and amended by PL 1995, c. 502, Pt. E, §30, is further amended
to read:

 
§7-B. Use of state vehicles for commuting

 
A state-owned or state-leased vehicle may not be used by any
employee to commute between home and work, except for those
vehicles authorized and assigned to employees of the Baxter State
Park Authority and to law enforcement officials within the
following organizational units: Bureau of State Police; Maine
Drug Enforcement Agency; Office of the State Fire Marshal; Bureau
of Liquor Enforcement; Bureau of Motor Vehicles; Bureau of Marine
Patrol; Bureau of Forestry, Division of Forest Fire Control
Protection; Bureau of Warden Service; and Bureau of Parks and
Lands.

 
Sec. A-2. 12 MRSA §8003, sub-§3, śM, as amended by PL 1997, c. 536, §1,
is further amended to read:

 
M. Except for lands acquired under the authority of
paragraph N, the director is authorized, with the consent of
the commissioner, to sell, grant, lease, transfer or
otherwise convey any real or personal property under the
jurisdiction of the bureau. The director shall deposit the
proceeds from the sale or lease of property in Forest Fire
Control Accounts into the Division of Forest Protection
Account. At least 60 days prior to offering any surplus
property for sale under this paragraph, the director shall
notify the Executive Director of the Legislative Council and
the joint standing committee of the Legislature having
jurisdiction over forest resources of the director's intent
to sell the property.

 
Sec. A-3. 12 MRSA §8003, sub-§3, śM-1, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 536,
§2, is amended to read:

 
M-1. The proceeds under paragraph M may be used only to upgrade
existing structures owned by the Division of Forest Fire Control
Protection, to consolidate operations of the division through the
improvement, repair, replacement, purchase or construction of
structures and to purchase land upon which to build structures.
Ownership of any land purchased under this paragraph or
structures purchased or constructed under this paragraph must be
held in the name of the division. Ownership of land or property
purchased under


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