H.P. 1586 - L.D. 2217
An Act to Authorize the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands to Grant a License for Groundwater Extraction at Range Ponds State Park
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §602, sub-§18, as repealed and replaced by PL 1987, c. 402, Pt. A, §91, is amended to read:
18. Maine State Parks and Recreational Facilities Development Fund. To administer the Maine State Parks and Recreational Facilities Development Fund established under section 609.;
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §609, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 710, §2, is amended to read:
§609. Maine State Parks and Recreational Facilities Development Fund
The Maine State Parks and Recreational Facilities Development Fund is established within the bureau for the purpose of developing new, maintaining and managing state parks and other recreational facilities on state-owned land lands owned or leased by the bureau.
Income from legislative appropriation, gifts, grants and, bequests and other sources approved by the Legislature may be deposited in this fund. The fund shall be is nonlapsing. Any interest earned on money in the fund must also be credited to the fund.
All funds of the Maine State Parks and Recreational Facilities Development Fund shall be are subject to allocation by the Legislature.
Sec. 3. Authorization for the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands to grant a license to Poland Spring Water Co. for commercial extraction of groundwater at Range Ponds State Park. The Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands is authorized to grant a license to the Poland Spring Water Co. for the commercial extraction of groundwater at Range Ponds State Park, under such terms and conditions as the director considers appropriate to make the commercial extraction compatible with public uses of the park and otherwise in the public interest.
Sec. 4. Use of revenues. Revenues from the extraction of groundwater authorized by this Act must be deposited into the Maine State Parks and Recrea-tional Facilities Development Fund established by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 609.
Effective June 30, 1998, unless otherwise indicated.
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