Establishes the Maine Working Waterfront Preservation Program and Fund to protect working waterfronts essential for commercial fisheries.
The bill establishes the Maine Working Waterfront Preservation Program and Fund to preserve strategically significant working waterfront property from redevelopment. The fund will be used to acquire property in fee and less-than-fee simple interest, including conservation easements, to ensure continued availability to commercial fisheries businesses. The Department of Marine Resources will administer the program, and the board may make grants to state agencies and cooperating entities for working waterfront projects.
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