Maine § 6201. - Definitions

§ 6201.. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.   [PL 1987, c. 506, §§1, 4 (NEW).]

1.  Appraised value.  "Appraised value" means the fair market value of property without the consideration of the effect, if any, of dedication or other preservation-related restrictions.

1-A.  Commercial fisheries business.  "Commercial fisheries business" means an enterprise directly or indirectly concerned with the commercial harvest of wild or aquacultured marine organisms, whose primary source of income is derived from these activities. "Commercial fisheries business" includes, but is not limited to:

A. Persons who fish under a commercial license, aquaculturists and cooperatives of persons who fish under a commercial license;   [RR 2023, c. 2, Pt. B, §69 (COR).]

B. Persons providing direct services to persons who fish commercially, aquaculturists or cooperatives of persons who fish under a commercial license, as long as provision of these direct services requires the use of working waterfront property; and   [RR 2023, c. 2, Pt. B, §69 (COR).]

C. Municipal and private piers and wharves operated to provide waterfront access to persons who fish commercially, aquaculturists or cooperatives of persons who fish under a commercial license.   [RR 2023, c. 2, Pt. B, §69 (COR).]

1-B.  Community conservation project.  "Community conservation project" means a conservation project of local or regional significance that promotes one or more of the following: public outdoor recreational access to land and waters, including for underserved populations; public health; connection between conserved lands and population centers; local or regional agriculture; conservation of cultural and historical resources on undeveloped lands; protection of lakes, rivers or streams; conservation of fish or wildlife habitat; protection of public drinking water supplies; conservation of community forests; local economic development; opportunities for environmental learning; nonmotorized transportation options; or other priorities as determined by the board.

2.  Cooperating entities.  "Cooperating entities" means those private nonprofit organizations, municipal conservation commissions, local governments, federal agencies or other bodies designated by the Land for Maine's Future Board pursuant to section 6203‑E or 6203‑F.

2-A.  Interest in property.  "Interest in property" means both fee and less-than-fee simple interest and includes, but is not limited to, conservation easements, access easements, scenic easements, other permanent interests in land and long-term leases of at least 99 years as long as the interest is primarily in natural lands meeting the criteria set forth in this chapter.

3.  Matching funds.  "Matching funds" means any combination of public and private funds used in conjunction with the Land for Maine's Future Trust Fund, the Public Access to Maine Waters Fund, the Maine Working Farmland Access and Protection Fund, the Conservation and Recreation Fund and the Conservation Land Management Fund for the purpose of this chapter, including, but not limited to: private contributions of cash or securities; money from municipal or other public agencies; money from a federal matching program, subject to the limitations of applicable federal and state laws, in an amount authorized by the federal program; contributions of real property, or interest in real property, that serves the acquisition needs of the State as determined by the Land for Maine's Future Board; in-kind contributions; or any combination of those funds. Contributions of land or interest in land must be valued, for purposes of this section, in the amount of their appraised value.

4.  Stewardship account.  "Stewardship account" means an account held separate and apart from all other money, funds and accounts of a state agency for the purposes of management of land owned in fee or less-than-fee simple meeting the criteria established in section 6207.

4-A.  Working farmland or working farmland property.   "Working farmland" or "working farmland property" means land managed as a farm and available for commercial production of agricultural products, as defined in Title 7, section 152, subsection 2.

5.  Working waterfront or working waterfront property.  "Working waterfront" or "working waterfront property" means land, legally filled lands and piers and wharves and other improvements to land adjacent to the navigable coastal waters of the State and used by a commercial fisheries business.