| | Preamble. The Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 23 | requires that real estate held by the State for conservation | purposes may not be reduced or its uses substantially altered | except on the vote of 2/3 of all members elected to each House. |
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| | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts and resolves of the Legislature do | not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless | enacted as emergencies; and |
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| | Whereas, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife holds a | conservation easement on a parcel of land adjacent to the | Rangeley River in Rangeley; and |
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| | Whereas, the conservation easement was acquired from the | Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust with funds from the Land for | Maine's Future Fund; and |
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| | Whereas, the Department of Environmental Protection desires to | install a well on the parcel, said well to serve as a replacement | water supply for several area residents whose existing water | supplies have been contaminated by oil; and |
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| | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | therefore, be it |
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| | Sec. 1. Authority to convey easement. Resolved: That, in accordance with | the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 6209, the | Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is authorized to | enter into an amendment of the conservation easement that the | Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife holds in the Rangeley | River conservation corridor and that was acquired with funds from | the Land for Maine's Future Fund. The purpose of the amendment | must be to allow a well and waterline easement to be granted by | the Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust in order to provide potable | water to residences and businesses served by wells that either | are contaminated or in danger of becoming contaminated by oil | that leaked from underground storage tanks in Oquossoc Village. |
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| | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | this resolve takes effect when approved. |
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| | This resolve authorizes the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries | and Wildlife to enter into an amendment of the conservation |
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