§575-A. Determining compliance with forest management and harvest plan
1. Assistance to assessor. Upon request of a municipal assessor or the State Tax Assessor and in accordance with section 579, the Director of the Bureau of Forestry within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry may provide assistance in evaluating a forest management and harvest plan to determine whether the plan meets the definition of a forest management and harvest plan in section 573, subsection 3‑A. Upon request of a municipal assessor or the State Tax Assessor, the Director of the Bureau of Forestry may provide assistance in determining whether a harvest or other silvicultural activity conducted on land enrolled under this subchapter complies with the forest management and harvest plan prepared for that parcel of land. When assistance is requested under this section and section 579, the Director of the Bureau of Forestry or the director's designee may enter and examine forest land for the purpose of determining compliance with the forest management and harvest plan.
[PL 2011, c. 619, §1 (NEW); PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §§5, 7 (REV); PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §23 (REV).]
2. Random sampling and report.
[PL 2011, c. 619, §1 (NEW); PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §§5, 7 (REV); PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §23 (REV); MRSA T. 36 §575-A, sub-§2 (RP).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2001, c. 603, §5 (NEW). PL 2011, c. 619, §1 (RPR). PL 2011, c. 657, Pt. W, §§5, 7 (REV). PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §23 (REV).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
Subchapter 2-A: TREE GROWTH TAX LAW
36 §574. Applicability (REPEALED)
36 §574-C. Reduction of parcels with structures; shoreland areas
36 §575. Administration; rules
36 §575-A. Determining compliance with forest management and harvest plan
36 §576-A. Valuation of areas other than forest land
36 §576-B. Discount factor and capitalization rate
36 §577. Reduced valuation under special circumstances
36 §579. Schedule, investigation
36 §581-A. Sale of portion of parcel of forest land
36 §581-B. Reclassification and withdrawal in unorganized territory
36 §581-C. Mineral lands (REPEALED)
36 §581-D. Mineral lands subject to an excise tax
36 §581-E. Report to the Bureau of Forestry (REPEALED)
36 §581-F. Report to the Bureau of Forestry on land in unorganized territory
36 §581-G. Report to Bureau of Forestry
36 §582. Appeal from State Tax Assessor (REPEALED)
36 §582-A. Payment for tax pending review (REPEALED)