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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 687S.P. 304 In Senate, February 25, 2025
An Act to Assert State Ownership over Ocean Waters up to 12
Nautical Miles and Submerged Lands and Marine Resources up to
24 Nautical Miles off the State's Coast and to Direct the Attorney
General to Study That Ownership
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on February 20, 2025. Referred to the Committee
on Marine Resources pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator MARTIN of Oxford.
Cosponsored by Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor and
Senators: BEEBE-CENTER of Knox, CYRWAY of Kennebec, MOORE of Washington,
Representative: SOBOLESKI of Phillips. Page 1 - 132LR1261(01)
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4 This bill is a concept draft pursuant to Joint Rule 208.
5 This bill would exert the State's ownership and jurisdiction over all waters within the
6 rise and fall of the tide seaward 12 nautical miles and all submerged lands and the
7 harvesting of marine resources from the coastline for a distance of 24 nautical miles. The
8 bill would also require the Office of the Attorney General to study the legal issues regarding
9 state ownership and sovereignty over marine resources beyond the 12-nautical-mile
10 territorial sea limit.
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