List of Bills and Bill Titles – 2007Maine Legislature(Updated June 25, 2007)

Note: The following list was compiled by MaineCoast Heritage Trust (MCHT) staff. Bills listed address conservation-related issues. This list is provided as a resource for land trusts and does not reflect MCHT’s support, opposition, or interest in the bills listed. The LD number links to the state’s legislative website where bill language, sponsors, and status can be found.Contact MCHT to discuss these or other legislative issues at (207) 729-7366.

PROMOTION

LD 1713Resolve, Directing the Department of Agriculture, Food and RuralFINAL RESULT: Dead

Resources To Implement a Pilot Program to Preserve Agricultural Land

LURC PLANNING

LD472An Act To Clarify Use Regulation in Unorganized and Deorganized TownshipsFINAL RESULT: Passed Amended

LD 471An Act To Clarify the Status of Lots Greater than 40 Acres on PlansFINAL RESULT: Dead

Recorded for Unorganized TerritoryLand before September 21, 2001

LD 695An Act Concerning Certain Applications for Approval by the MaineLandFINAL RESULT: Passed Amended

Use Regulation Commission

LD 25An Act To Change the MaineLand Use Regulation Commission's Lot Size,CoverageFINAL RESULT: Dead

and Setback Requirements for Some Affordable Housing Lots onCoastal Islands

CONVEYANCES

LD 1350Resolve, Authorizing the Director of Parks and Recreation To Convey anFINAL RESULT: Dead

Interest of the State in Land in Lincolnville

LAND FOR MAINE'S FUTURE BOARD

LD1075Resolve, To AssistMaineLocalLand TrustsFINAL RESULT: Passed Amended

LD 277An Act To Require Mapping of Conservation Easements, Purchases and GiftsFINAL RESULT: Passed Amended

LD 145An Act To Allocate a Portion of the LMF Fund for the Purchase of Archeological SitesFINAL RESULT: Passed Amended

RESERVED LANDS

LD978An Act Regarding the Process for Making Certain Changes to State-owned LandFINAL RESULT: Dead

STATE PARKS

LD 629An Act To Create the SebagoLakeVillageState ParkFINAL RESULT: Dead

POWERS

LD 648An Act To Maintain the Amount of StateLand That Is Open for HuntingFINAL RESULT: Carry Over to 2008

MARINE RESOURCES

LD 450An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Support Maine's Working WaterfrontFINAL RESULT: Dead

PUBLIC LANDS

LD 357An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue for the Land for Maine's Future ProgramFINAL RESULT: Dead

LD 746An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Finance theFINAL RESULT: Dead

Acquisition of Land and Water Access and To Access Matching Contributions

LD 863An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Fulfill the OpenFINAL RESULT: Dead

Space Recommendations of the Brookings Report

LD 1796An Act To Authorize Bond Issues for Ratification by the Voters (includes LMF)FINAL RESULT: Passed amended

RECREATION

LD 432An Act To Present a Referendum to the Voters of Maine for a $10,000,000FINAL RESULT: Dead

Bond Issue To Maintain, Improve and Develop Trails

BROOKINGS BILL

LD1848An Act To Promote Sustainable ProsperityFINAL RESULT: Carry Over to 2008

BROOKINGS BILL

LD 1872An Act To Preserve Maine's Quality PlacesFINAL RESULT: Dead

LANDOWNER RELATIONS

LD347An Act To Improve Landowner RelationsFINAL RESULT: Dead

REGULATIONS

LD117An Act To Prohibit Hunting at RangePondsState ParkFINAL RESULT: Dead

ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES

LD455An Act To Restrict Use of Trails Designed for All-terrain VehiclesFINAL RESULT: Passed Amended

WILDLIFE

LD366An Act To Make Additions and Deletions to the List of State Endangered and Threatened SpeciesFINAL RESULT: Passed Amended

LD 1080An Act To Increase Public Participation in the Maine Outdoor HeritageFund BoardFINAL RESULT: Dead

CONSERVATION EASEMENTS

LD 1737An Act To Amend the Conservation Easement LawsFINAL RESULT: Passed Amended

LANDOWNER LIABILITY

LD 1258An Act To Clarify the Landowner Liability LawFINAL RESULT: Passed

LD1121An Act To Provide That Lottery Proceeds Be Devoted to Public or Charitable UsesFINAL RESULT: Dead

MARINE PRACTICES

LD 1420An Act To Amend the Definition of "Territorial Waters" and Study Maine's Coastal PoliciesFINAL RESULT – Passed amended

OZONE

LD1090An Act To Authorize the State's Participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas InitiativeFINAL RESULT – Dead

LD 1851An Act To Establish the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Act of 2007FINAL RESULT: Passed Amended

LD1297Resolve, Regarding Measures To Ensure the Continued Health and CommercialFINAL RESULT: Passed amended Viability of Maine's Seacoast by Establishing Nutrient Standards for Coastal Waters

POWERS

LD107Resolve, To Address State Leadership in Climate EngineeringFINAL RESULT – Dead

GROUND WATERCONSERVATION

LD1685An Act To Develop a Comprehensive Water Use Plan for MaineFINAL RESULT: Dead

LD1359An Act To Ensure the Availability of Existing Drinking Water Sources of SupplyFINAL RESULT: Dead

SHORELAND ZONING

LD340An Act To Require the Replacement of Trees Cut in Shoreland AreasFINAL RESULT: Passed amended

WILDLIFEHABITAT

LD 1014An Act To Ensure Reasonable and Equitable Land Use Opportunities nearFINAL RESULT – Dead

Shorebird, Wading Bird and Waterfowl Habitat

LD 258An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Setbacks under the Natural Resource Protection LawsFINAL RESULT – Dead

LD 1477An Act Concerning the Natural Resources Protection Laws and Related ProvisionsFINAL RESULT: Passed Amended

(Amendment of Shorebird and Significant Habitat Rules passed in 2006)

LD 326An Act To Enhance Implementation of the Significant Wildlife HabitatRules FINAL RESULT – Dead

LD 1430An Act To Compensate Property Owners for Property That is within theFINAL RESULT – Dead

Buffer Established by the Natural Resources Protection Laws

INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE

LD 692An Act To Eradicate Invasive Aquatic Plants and Nuisance SpeciesFINAL RESULT – Dead

PROVISIONS REVISED

LD 1376An Act To Preserve Farmland Woodlots and Timberland following theDeath of an Owner FINAL RESULT: Dead

FARM PRESERVATION

LD 1414An Act To Support Farms and Limit SprawlFINAL RESULT: Passed Amended

INCOME TAXCHECKOFFS

LD1276An Act To Promote Funding for WildlifeFINAL RESULT – Dead

INCOME TAX CREDITS

LD 544An Act To Enact the MaineLand Conservation Incentives ActFINAL RESULT – Dead

LD737An Act To Promote Forest Management Planning and CertificationFINAL RESULT: Passed Amended

LD 567An Act To Expand Tax Incentives for Conservation EasementsFINAL RESULT – Dead

EXEMPT PROPERTY

LD 1555An Act To Remove Tax-exempt Status on Land Purchased by Nonprofit Groups for ConservationFINAL RESULT – Dead

TREE GROWTH TAX

LD543Resolve, To Establish a Committee To Review the Administration of the Tree Growth ProgramFINAL RESULT: Carry Over to 2008

LD736An Act To Protect Small Woodland OwnersFINAL RESULT: Passed

LD237An Act To Amend the Maine Tree Growth Tax LawFINAL RESULT - Dead

REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX

LD 668An Act To Reallocate Real Estate Transfer TaxFINAL RESULT: Dead

OPEN SPACE

LD530An Act To Encourage Open Space through Setting aside Provision for TaxesFINAL RESULT: Carry Over to 2008

LD 1299An Act To Amend the Farm and Open Space Tax LawFINAL RESULT: Dead

LAND TRUSTS

LD761An Act To Enable Municipalities To Establish Municipal Land BanksFINAL RESULT: Dead

Funded by Local Option Real Estate Transfer Taxes

VALUATION

LD 1298An Act To Modify the "Working Waterfront" Definition To Include Marine TradesFINAL RESULT: Carry Over to 2008

LD559An Act Regarding the Valuation of Land within the Buffer EstablishedFINAL RESULT: Passed Amended

under the Natural Resources Protection Laws