Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7035, sub-§22 is enacted to read:

22.__Enter into agreement to manage parcel of land as wildlife habitat.__The commissioner may enter into an agreement with a landowner to manage a parcel of land in the unorganized territory as wildlife habitat.__An agreement may include a provision that exempts the parcel of land that is the subject of the agreement from the property tax.__For a landowner who owns more than 1,000 acres in the unorganized territory, no more than 15% of that landowner's holdings in the unorganized territory may be the subject of an agreement pursuant to this subsection.

SUMMARY

This bill allows the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to enter into an agreement with a landowner to manage a parcel of land in the unorganized territory as wildlife habitat. An agreement may include a provision that exempts the parcel of land that is the subject of the agreement from the property tax. For a landowner who owns more than 1,000 acres in the unorganized territory, no more than 15% of that landowner's holdings in the unorganized territory may be the subject of an agreement to manage the land as wildlife habitat.