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LD750 • 2025

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 27: Standards for Timber Harvesting and Timber Harvesting Related Activities Within Unorganized and Deorganized Areas of the State, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 27: Standards for Timber Harvesting and Timber Harvesting Related Activities Within Unorganized and Deorganized Areas of the State, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry

Agriculture
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Last action
2025-04-25
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 27: Standards for Timber Harvesting and Timber Harvesting Related Activities Within Unorganized and Deorganized Areas of the State, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 27: Standards for Timber Harvesting and Timber Harvesting Related Activities Within Unorganized and Deorganized Areas of the State, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry Reference committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 27: Standards for Timber Harvesting and Timber Harvesting Related Activities Within Unorganized and Deorganized Areas of the State, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry Reference committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Governor action: Signed by the Governor

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR2415(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR2415(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 750 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY 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. 2025-04-25 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-04-23 Senate

    FINALLY PASSED , in concurrence.

  3. 2025-04-22 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  4. 2025-04-15 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-04-03 Committee

    Work Session Reconsidered

  6. 2025-04-03 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-03-18 Committee

    Work Session Held

  8. 2025-03-18 Committee

    Voted; OTP

  9. 2025-02-25 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 27: Standards for Timber Harvesting and Timber Harvesting Related Activities Within Unorganized and Deorganized Areas of the State, a Major Substantive Rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Forestry
Reference committee:
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR2415(03)
STATE OF MAINE
_____
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 492 - L.D. 750
Resolve, Regarding Legislative Review of Portions of Chapter 27: Standards
for Timber Harvesting and Timber Harvesting Related Activities Within
Unorganized and Deorganized Areas of the State, a Major Substantive Rule
of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of
Forestry
Sec. 1. Adoption. Resolved: That final adoption of portions of Chapter 27:
Standards for Timber Harvesting and Timber Harvesting Related Activities Within
Unorganized and Deorganized Areas of the State, a provisionally adopted major
substantive rule of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of
Forestry that has been submitted to the Legislature for review pursuant to the Maine
Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, is authorized as long as the effective
date of the rule is January 1, 2026.
APPROVED
APRIL 25, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
19
RESOLVES