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 |   | | An Act To Amend Provisions of the Submerged Lands Law |  
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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 §1862, sub-§2, śC, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 678, §13,  |  | is amended to read: |  
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 |   | | C.  The director shall charge an administrative fee of $100  |  | for each lease in addition to any rent.  A fee of $200 must  |  | be charged for a lease application that is received after  |  | work has begun for the proposed project. |  
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 |   |  | Sec. 2.  12 MRSA §1862, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 678, §13, is  |  | amended to read: |  
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 |   |  | 3.  Easements.  The director may grant, upon terms and  |  | conditions the director considers reasonable, assignable  |  | easements for a term not to exceed 30 years for the use of  |  | submerged and intertidal lands for the purposes permitted in  |  subsection 2.  The grantee shall pay an administrative fee of $50  |  | $100 for each easement at the time of processing and a  |  | registration fee of $50 due every 5 years.  An administrative fee  |  | of $200 must be charged for an easement application that is  |  | received after work has begun for the proposed project.  The  |  | director may refuse to grant an easement for the use of submerged  |  | and intertidal lands if the director determines that the easement  |  | will unreasonably interfere with customary or traditional public  |  
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