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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, § 754: Limitations on state consent

Maine’s consent for the United States to acquire certain lands is limited to this section and section 752, and the lands must remain subject to those provisions while owned by the United States.

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Limitations on state consent

Maine’s consent for the United States to acquire certain lands is limited to this section and section 752, and the lands must remain subject to those provisions while owned by the United States.

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§ 754Limitations on state consentProvision

Maine’s consent for the United States to acquire certain lands is limited to this section and section 752, and the lands must remain subject to those provisions while owned by the United States.

The consent of the State of Maine to the United States of America to the acquisition of lands within the State by the United States of America for the establishment, consolidation and extension of national forests or any lands of a riparian nature or any lands with riparian rights appurtenant thereto or that are necessary for any hydraulic development within this State is limited to the consent granted by this section and section 752, and when such lands are acquired by the United States of America they must be held subject to all of the provisions of said sections so long as the ownership thereof is retained by the United States of America. [PL 2005, c. 258, §4 (AMD).]
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