| Sec. 1. Land for Maine's Future Board and Bureau of Parks and Lands directed to |
establish guidelines. Resolved: That the Land for Maine's Future Board and |
the Bureau of Parks and Lands are directed to meet to discuss |
current public land holdings and land acquisition criteria and |
priorities. Subsequent to those discussions, the Land for |
Maine's Future Board must revise the board's guidelines for |
allocating the proceeds of the Land for Maine's Future Fund and |
the Public Access to Maine Waters Fund developed in accordance |
with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 6206 as |
necessary to promote equity in acquisitions among the rural and |
urban areas of the State and among the counties of the State. |
The Land for Maine's Future Board and the Bureau of Parks and |
Lands shall develop a plan and timetable for achieving an |
equitable geographic distribution of public lands. In revising |
these guidelines and developing the timetable, the Land for |
Maine's Future Board shall hold public hearings to allow |
participation by the public; and be it |