| | | Preamble. The Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 23 | | requires that real estate held by the State for conservation or | | recreation 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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| | | Sec. 1. Director of Bureau of Parks and Lands authorized to transfer management | | responsibility for certain land in Fort Knox State Park to Department of Transportation. | | Resolved: That the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands | | within the Department of Conservation may by financial order | | transfer management responsibility of the following described | | property to the Department of Transportation for the purposes of: | | construction and maintenance of the westerly approach and | | abutment of the new bridge replacing the Waldo-Hancock Bridge; | | and confirmation of control, management and supervision of the | | portion of State Route 174 that crosses Fort Knox State Park and | | a portion of U.S. Route 1 that leads to the westerly approach to | | the existing Waldo-Hancock Bridge. The property is more | | particularly described as follows: |
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| | | A portion of the Fort Knox State Historic Site, situated in | | the Town of Prospect, County of Waldo, and State of Maine, | | containing a total of 5.37 acres, as shown on a plan | | entitled, "State of Maine Department of Transportation Right | | of Way Map, State Highway '251' (Route 174) Prospect-Verona | | P.I.N. 007965.40," Sheets 3, 4 and 5 of 7 sheets, dated | | January 2004, D.O.T. File No. 14-77, to be recorded in the | | Waldo and Hancock Registries of Deeds, and on file at the | | Department of Transportation, 16 State House Station, | | Augusta, Maine. |
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| | | Sec. 2. No funds may be exchanged. Resolved: That no funds may be | | exchanged between the Department of Transportation and the | | Department of Conservation for the transfer of management | | responsibility described in section 1. |
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| | | This resolve authorizes the transfer of management | | responsibility for a small portion of Fort Knox State Historic | | Site by the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the | | Department of Conservation to the Department of Transportation | | for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a portion of the | | Waldo-Hancock Bridge replacement and confirming that portions of | | State Route 174 and U.S. Route 1 have been constructed, occupied | | and maintained for highway purposes. The area subject to this | | transfer of management responsibility is approximately 5 acres, |
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