Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §6209, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1993, c. 728, §13, is further amended to read:

2. Title. Title to all lands acquired pursuant to this chapter must be vested solely in the State. Any payment from bond proceeds to acquire land under this chapter made directly to cooperating entities is subject to the condition that the cooperating entity transfer to the State title to the land acquired with the proceeds. Management responsibilities for the acquired lands may be contracted by the land-owning state agency to cooperating entities, subject to appropriate lease arrangements, upon the recommendation of the agency's commissioner and approval of the board.

SUMMARY

This bill requires cooperating entities that receive funds for land acquisition under the Land for Maine's Future Board to transfer title to the land to the State.