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land acquired during the report period. If an acquisition has | | been made that does not include guaranteed public vehicular | | access to the land acquired, the board must provide | | justification for that acquisition and a plan for continuing | | efforts to acquire guaranteed public access to the land. This | | report must include a summary of the board's experience during | | the reporting period with projects funded pursuant to section | | 6203 or 6203-A and in which the land or interest in land is | | acquired by a cooperating entity. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 7 MRSA §19, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 415, §2, is amended | | to read: |
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| | | §19. Holding of real estate |
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| | | The commissioner may accept, hold, administer and | | dispose of interests in real estate in order to further the | | purposes of this Title. |
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| | | Allowing the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural | | Resources to dispose of properties may increase undedicated | | revenues to the General Fund and dedicated revenues collected by | | the department. The amounts to each funding source will depend | | on the original source of funding used to purchase the properties | | and which properties are being disposed of. The amounts can not | | be determined at this time. |
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| | | The State Planning Office within the Executive Department will | | incur some minor additional costs to include certain information | | in required reports to the Legislature. These costs can be | | absorbed within the agency's existing budgeted resources. |
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| | | This bill requires the Land for Maine's Future Board to | | include in its annual report an update on projects acquired and | | managed by a cooperating entity. It allows the Commissioner of | | Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources to dispose of interest in | | land. It also establishes dates for the next review of several | | agencies reviewed during the Second Regular Session of the 120th | | Legislature under the Government Evaluation Act by the Joint | | Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. |
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