This resolve does the following.
1. It establishes the Commission to Study the Role of Water as a Resource in the State of Maine to develop findings and recommendations, including any suggested legislation, to ensure that there is adequate clean, safe and accessible drinking water for the State's residents and to meet the needs of commercial and business interests now and in the future. This study is designed to build off the work of the Commission To Study the Role of Water as a Resource in the State of Maine that was established pursuant to Resolve 2021, chapter
185. The commission is also required to review proposed major substantive rules of the Maine Public Drinking Water Commission regarding the transfer of a permit or contract in a sale of assets of an entity engaged in the exporting from the State of water extracted in the State and making recommendations, if any, to the Maine Public Drinking Water Commission.
2. It requires the Maine Public Drinking Water Commission to adopt major substantive rules regarding the transfer of a permit or contract in a sale of assets of an entity engaged in the exporting from the State of water extracted in the State and to submit the proposed rules to the Commission to Study the Role of Water as a Resource in the State of Maine established under this resolve for review before submitting the proposed rules for legislative review.