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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Monitor Changes in Allowed Recreational Uses of the Public Reserved Lands’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §1853, sub-§1, ¶E,  as amended by PL 1999, c. 592, §6, is further amended to read:
 
E. A description of the proposed budget, including allocations for the bureau's dedicated funds and any revenues of the bureau from permits, leases, fees and sales for the following fiscal year beginning on July 1st; and
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §1853, sub-§1, ¶F,  as enacted by PL 1999, c. 592, §7, is amended to read:
 
F. The status of ecological reserves including the acreage of reserved public land designated as ecological reserves, results of monitoring, scientific research and other activities related to the bureau's ecological reserves.; and
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §1853, sub-§1, ¶G  is enacted to read:
 
G. A description of any changes in allowed uses of the public reserved lands, including the acreage affected and the reason for the change.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. It replaces the bill. It requires the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands to include a description of changes in allowed uses of the public reserved lands in the bureau's annual report to the legislative committee of jurisdiction.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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