Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD1630: An Act to Amend the Open Space Tax Law
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Amend the Open Space Tax Law Received by the Clerk of the House on April 11, 2025. Referred to the Committee on Taxation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative SAYRE of Kennebunk. Cosponsored by Senator BLACK of Franklin and Representatives: BELL of Yarmouth, FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor, Senators: BENNETT of Oxford, INGWERSEN of York, TIPPING of Penobscot. Printed on recycled paper.
From the engrossed text:
An Act to Amend the Open Space Tax Law Received by the Clerk of the House on April 11, 2025. Referred to the Committee on Taxation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative SAYRE of Kennebunk. Cosponsored by Senator BLACK of Franklin and Representatives: BELL of Yarmouth, FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor, Senators: BENNETT of Oxford, INGWERSEN of York, TIPPING of Penobscot. Printed on recycled paper Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: Sec. 1. 36 MRSA §1102, sub-§4-A, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 618, §5, is repealed. Sec. 2. 36 MRSA §1102, sub-§4-C is enacted to read: 4-C. Forest climate resilience and carbon management plan. "Forest climate resilience and carbon management plan" means a written document prepared by a licensed professional forester that: A. Describes activities to enhance, on forested land or farm woodland, climate resilience or the storage or sequestration of forest carbon; B. Identifies and describes specific activities, including specific silvicultural practices recommended to meet the objectives described in paragraph A, including an adequate scientific foundation for achieving those objectives; C. Includes schedules, specific forest stand locations and acres and silvicultural prescriptions for recommended practices; and D. Includes a forest type map and locations of all water bodies …
Sponsors
- Daniel Sayre (D, 135) · primary sponsor
- Arthur Bell (D, 103)
- Richard Bennett (R, 18)
- Russell Black (R, 5)
- Gary Friedmann (D, 14)
- Henry Ingwersen (D, 32)
- Tipping, Mike (D, 8)
Latest actions
- : Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
- : Received by the Clerk of the House on April 11, 2025.The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on TAXATION pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401.
Subjects: Legislature, FARM AND OPEN SPACE TAX, PROPERTY TAX, Senate, Other, VALUATION METHOD
Common questions
- What is LD1630?
- LD1630 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Amend the Open Space Tax Law.
- What does LD1630 do?
- In its own words: An Act to Amend the Open Space Tax Law Received by the Clerk of the House on April 11, 2025. Referred to the Committee on Taxation pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 401. ROBERT B. HUNT Clerk Presented by Representative SAYRE of Kennebunk. Cosponsored by Senator BLACK of Franklin and Representatives: BELL of Yarmouth, FRIEDMANN of Bar Harbor, Senators: BENNETT of Oxford, INGWERSEN of York, TIPPING of Penobscot. Printed on recycled paper.
- What is the status of LD1630?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD) (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD1630?
- Daniel Sayre (D, 135), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for LD1630?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1630&snum=132
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