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Resolve, to Establish a Working Group to Identify Ways to Manage Moorings on Inland Waters

Resolve, to Establish a Working Group to Identify Ways to Manage Moorings on Inland Waters

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative James Dill
Last action
2026-04-03
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve, to Establish a Working Group to Identify Ways to Manage Moorings on Inland Waters

Resolve, to Establish a Working Group to Identify Ways to Manage Moorings on Inland Waters Sponsor: Representative James Dill Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, to Establish a Working Group to Identify Ways to Manage Moorings on Inland Waters Sponsor: Representative James Dill Reference committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR2631(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2631(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 2023 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 8SECOND REGULAR SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-03 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-03-25 Senate

    FINALLY PASSED , in concurrence.

  3. 2026-03-24 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2026-03-17 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2026-02-02 Committee

    Work Session Reconsidered

  6. 2026-02-02 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2026-01-28 Committee

    Work Session Held

  8. 2026-01-28 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  9. 2025-12-03 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, to Establish a Working Group to Identify Ways to Manage Moorings on Inland Waters
Sponsor:
Representative James Dill
Reference committee:
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR2631(03)
STATE OF MAINE
_____
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
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H.P. 1353 - L.D. 2023
Resolve, to Establish a Working Group to Identify Ways to Manage
Moorings on Inland Waters
Sec. 1. Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to convene working
group. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall convene
a working group to educate those who use the State's inland waters under the public trust
doctrine, explore issues related to moorings and develop proposals to manage and regulate
moorings on inland waters. The working group must include, but is not limited to:
1. Two representatives of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, one of
whom is a game warden representing the Maine Warden Service and one of whom
represents the department's administration;
2. Three representatives of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry,
Bureau of Parks and Lands, one representing inland navigational aids, one representing the
submerged lands program and one representing the Maine Land Use Planning Commission;
3. One representative who owns or operates a business that provides mooring rentals;
4. One representative of the State of Maine Harbor Masters Association;
5. One representative representing municipal interests from a municipality with
moorings on inland waters that has a mooring ordinance;
6. One representative representing municipal interests from a municipality with
moorings on inland waters that does not have a mooring ordinance;
7. One representative representing a lake association; and
8. One representative of a statewide organization that represents inland waters of the
State.
Sec. 2. Working group duties. Resolved: That the duties of the working group
convened under section 1 must include:
1. Identifying the issues related to moorings on inland waters at both a statewide and
local level and identifying potential solutions;
APPROVED
APRIL 3, 2026
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
153
RESOLVES
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2. Identifying the impacts and opportunities of moorings related to public safety, the
environment, property ownership, recreation, commerce and fish and wildlife; and
3. Exploring how other states that have a public trust doctrine manage moorings on
inland waters.
Sec. 3. Report. Resolved: That the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over
inland fisheries and wildlife matters by November 4, 2026 with the findings and
conclusions of the working group under section 2, including any recommended legislation.
The joint standing committee is authorized to submit a bill related to the report to the 133rd
Legislature in 2027.