Sec. 19. 12 MRSA §6072-A, sub-§17-A is enacted to read:

17-A.__Notification of granted leases.__After the granting of a limited-purpose lease:

A.__The department shall notify all riparian owners and interested parties and the municipality in which the lease is located that a lease has been granted.__The notice must include a description of the area and how a copy of the lease may be obtained.

B.__The lessee shall mark the leased area in a manner prescribed by the commissioner; and

C.__The lessee shall annually submit to the commissioner a report for the past year on results of the scientific research or commercial research and development undertaken at the lease site and a plan for the coming year.__Results of commercial research and development submitted to the commissioner are confidential records for the purposes of Title 1, section 402, subsection 3, paragraph A.__Upon written request, the commissioner shall provide a copy of the public records in the report to the municipality or municipalities in which or adjacent to which the lease is located.

Sec. 20. 12 MRSA §6072-A, sub-§21, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 231, §6, is repealed.

Sec. 21. 12 MRSA §6072-A, sub-§22 is enacted to read:

22.__Monitoring and revocation of leases.__The department shall monitor a lease under this section on an annual basis. If aquaculture has been conducted in a manner substantially injurious to marine organisms, if no substantial aquaculture or research has been conducted over the course of the lease or if any condition of the lease has been violated, the commissioner may initiate revocation proceedings and revoke the lease.__The department shall hold a hearing with public notice prior to revoking any lease.__A lease revocation is an adjudicatory proceeding under Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 4.

Sec. 22. 12 MRSA §6077, sub-§4, ķA, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 381, §6, is amended to read: