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| | | An Act To Provide Forest Certification Cost-share Incentives |
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| | | to Forest Landowners and Licensed Foresters |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA c. 801-A, as amended, is further amended by | | repealing the chapter headnote and enacting the following in its | | place: |
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| | | FOREST CERTIFICATION INCENTIVE COST-SHARE FUND |
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| | | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §8011, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 439, Pt. KKKK, §1, | | is repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | §8011.__Cost-share fund established; purpose |
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| | | A forest certification incentive cost-share fund, referred to | | in this chapter as "the fund," is established as a nonlapsing | | dedicated account to provide incentives to licensed foresters and | | landowners for obtaining independent 3rd-party certification and | | recertification. The bureau shall administer the fund in | | accordance with section 8014.__The bureau may accept donations | | and grants from public and private sources for deposit in the | | fund. |
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