LD 1395
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acres of land within the Counties of Hancock and Washington and
that part of Penobscot County easterly of the Penobscot and
Mattawamkeag Rivers, and not exceeding 300,000 acres of land in
that part of Aroostook County which lies south of the following
line, to wit: Commencing at the northwest corner of Township 7,
Range 5 in Aroostook County, and running thence easterly along the
north line of said township and the continuation thereof easterly
to the east line of Aroostook County or international boundary
line, and such lands within that portion of Oxford County included
within purchase unit boundaries of the White Mountain National
Forest on July 5, 1935, all in this State as are suitable for
national forest purposes, and not over 2,000 acres in Cumberland
County for preserves for the protection and conservation of
migratory birds; but no such acquisition shall may be made against
the protest of any owner. Sections 751, 752 and 754 shall do not
apply to any lands acquired under this section and section 755.
This section as it relates to Oxford County shall be is limited to
such acquisition as shall have has been actually acquired prior to
the effective date of this Act and no further land in Oxford County
shall may be acquired after such date, unless such acquisition is
approved by the voters of the municipality in which such land, in
whole or in part, is located.

 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §754 is amended to read:

 
§754. Limitations on state consent

 
The consent of the State of Maine to the United States of
America to the acquisition of lands within the State by the
United States of America for the establishment, consolidation and
extension of national forests or any lands of a riparian nature
or any lands with riparian rights appurtenant thereto or which
that are necessary for any hydraulic development within this
State is limited to the consent granted by this section and
sections 751 and section 752, and when such lands are acquired by
the United States of America they shall must be held subject to
all of the provisions of said sections so long as the ownership
thereof is retained by the United States of America.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill removes language that gives the consent of the State
to the acquisition by the Federal Government of land that the
Federal Government determines is needed for national forests.
The bill also removes language that gives the consent of the
State to the acquisition by the Federal Government of land in
Hancock and Washington counties and in parts of Penobscot and
Aroostook counties for national forests.

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