CHAPTER 539

H.P. 1299 - L.D. 1777

An Act To Authorize the Commissioner of Administrative and

Financial Services To Execute Easements

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

Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §282-A is enacted to read:

§282-A.__Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services

authorized to execute easements

1.__Authority.__The Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services is authorized to release, grant or receive title to nonfee interests such as easements or rights-of-way in property held by state agencies over which the Department of Administrative and Financial Services has jurisdiction in accordance with the following:

A.__A release of an interest in property is authorized upon the commissioner's finding that the interest no longer contributes to the value of the state property or that the release does not detract from the value of state property;

B.__The granting of an interest in property is authorized upon the commissioner's finding that such interest does not detract from the value of state property; and

C.__Receiving title to an interest in property is authorized upon the commissioner's finding that the value of state property is enhanced.