CHAPTER 364

H.P. 1063 - L.D. 1455

An Act To Amend the Forester Law

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §5514, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 261, §4, is amended to read:

2. Professional qualifications. Each applicant for an intern forester license shall submit evidence of an associate's degree or a bachelor's degree from a curriculum in forestry or of graduation from a postgraduate curriculum in forestry leading to a degree higher than a bachelor's degree in a school or college approved by the board. The board may grant a variance to an applicant who does not hold a degree pursuant to rules adopted by the board. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major substantive routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A 2-A.

Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §5514, sub-§3, śC, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 261, §4, is amended to read:

C. The applicant shall submit 3 references from persons not related to the applicant demonstrating the applicant's good character to work as an intern forester. One of the these references must be from the individual who is proposed to serve as the sponsor.