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LD1435 • 2025

An Act to Allow a Municipality or Locally Recognized Lake Association to Post Certain Information on the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's Information Kiosks Located at State Boat Launch Facilities

An Act to Allow a Municipality or Locally Recognized Lake Association to Post Certain Information on the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's Information Kiosks Located at State Boat Launch Facilities

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Sponsor
Representative William Bridgeo
Last action
2025-06-05
Official status
Reports Read On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Allow a Municipality or Locally Recognized Lake Association to Post Certain Information on the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's Information Kiosks Located at State Boat Launch Facilities

An Act to Allow a Municipality or Locally Recognized Lake Association to Post Certain Information on the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's Information Kiosks Located at State Boat Launch Facilities Sponsor: Representative William Bridgeo Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Allow a Municipality or Locally Recognized Lake Association to Post Certain Information on the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's Information Kiosks Located at State Boat Launch Facilities Sponsor: Representative William Bridgeo Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0654(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0654(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1435 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-05 Senate

    Reports Read On motion by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED in concurrence. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-06-04 House

    Reports READ . On motion of Representative ROBERTS of South Berwick, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED . ROLL CALL NO. 326 (Yeas 99 - Nays 43 - Absent 9 - Excused 0) Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-03 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

  4. 2025-04-28 Committee

    Work Session Held

  5. 2025-04-28 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  6. 2025-04-08 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Allow a Municipality or Locally Recognized Lake Association to Post Certain Information on the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's Information Kiosks Located at State Boat Launch Facilities
Sponsor:
Representative William Bridgeo
Reference committee:
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP/OTP-AM

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1435
H.P. 944 House of Representatives, April 3, 2025
An Act to Allow a Municipality or Locally Recognized Lake
Association to Post Certain Information on the Department of
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife's Information Kiosks Located at State
Boat Launch Facilities
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative BRIDGEO of Augusta.
Cosponsored by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot and
Representatives: CLUCHEY of Bowdoinham, DUCHARME of Madison, ROBERTS of South
Berwick, SWALLOW of Houlton, TERRY of Gorham, THORNE of Carmel.

Page 1 - 132LR0654(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §12708, as amended by PL 2021, c. 184, §§10 to 12, is further
3 amended by amending the section headnote to read:
4§12708. Wildlife management areas and public access sites; boat launch
5informational kiosks
6Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §12708, sub-§3 is enacted to read:
73. Boat launch informational kiosks. The department shall provide reasonable space
8 on the department's informational kiosks located at state boat launch facilities to
9 municipalities and local lake associations and similar nonprofit organizations recognized
10 by the department or the municipalities in which the facilities are located. The department
11 shall also disseminate to the general public information about these associations and
12 organizations and program activities promoting healthy lake water quality and reducing the
13 risk of introduction of invasive aquatic species. For the purposes of this subsection,
14 "reasonable space" means an area of at least 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches.
15SUMMARY
16 This bill requires the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to provide reasonable
17 space to display information on the department's informational kiosks located at state boat
18 launch facilities to municipalities and local lake associations and similar nonprofit
19 organizations and disseminate to the general public information about these associations
20 and organizations and water quality and invasive species activities.
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