This bill establishes the Maine Working Waterfront Preservation Program and the Maine Working Waterfront Preservation Fund to preserve strategically significant working waterfront property from redevelopment for purposes that are not related to working waterfront uses and whose continued availability to commercial fisheries businesses is essential to the long-term future of the economic sector. It directs the Department of Marine Resources to administer the program either directly or by contract with a suitable organization.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1625, HP 1079: 5.6200, 5.6201, 5.6209