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LD758 • 2025

Resolve, to Conduct a Study to Update Flood Hazard Data in the Sandy River Watershed

Resolve, to Conduct a Study to Update Flood Hazard Data in the Sandy River Watershed

Agriculture Water
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Senator Russell Black
Last action
2025-05-30
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve, to Conduct a Study to Update Flood Hazard Data in the Sandy River Watershed

Resolve, to Conduct a Study to Update Flood Hazard Data in the Sandy River Watershed Sponsor: Senator Russell Black Reference committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, to Conduct a Study to Update Flood Hazard Data in the Sandy River Watershed Sponsor: Senator Russell Black Reference committee: Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry 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 - 132LR1372(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR1372(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 758 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • S- ) 3AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6SENATE 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to S.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-30 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-27 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-27 Senate

    FINALLY PASSED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-15 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-03-18 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-03-18 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-02-25 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, to Conduct a Study to Update Flood Hazard Data in the Sandy River Watershed
Sponsor:
Senator Russell Black
Reference committee:
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR1372(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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S.P. 291 - L.D. 758
Resolve, to Conduct a Study to Update Flood Hazard Data in the Sandy
River Watershed
Sec. 1. Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Maine
Geological Survey to conduct Sandy River watershed geomorphic study.
Resolved: That, in coordination with the United States Department of Homeland Security,
Federal Emergency Management Agency; the Department of Transportation; the
Department of Environmental Protection; the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife;
the Maine Office of Community Affairs; the Department of Defense, Veterans and
Emergency Management, Maine Emergency Management Agency; and other relevant state
agencies, the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, Bureau of Resource
Information and Land Use Planning, Division of Geology, Natural Areas and Coastal
Resources, Maine Geological Survey shall contract for a geomorphic study within the
Sandy River watershed to update flood hazard data within the watershed. The study must
include an assessment of river movement, erosion and sedimentation and the impacts of
those factors on flood risk and river health. The study must also provide individuals who
reside within the Sandy River watershed and individuals who reside within the watershed
of similar river systems with information about flood risks and options to manage those
risks. The Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, in collaboration with
relevant state agencies, shall seek funding to support the costs of the study.
APPROVED
MAY 30, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
42
RESOLVES