Maine § 33 §131 Definitions

Maine Statutes

§ 33 §131 — Definitions

Maine § 33 §131

Title 33PROPERTY

Ch. 6-AWORKING WATERFRONT COVENANTS

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 33, § 33 §131 (2026).

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1.Commercial fisheries businesses. "Commercial fisheries businesses" means any enterprise directly or indirectly concerned with the commercial harvest of wild or aquacultured marine organisms, whose primary source of income is derived from these activities. "Commercial fisheries businesses" includes without limitation:

2.Qualified holder. "Qualified holder" or "holder" means:

3.Third-party right of enforcement. "Third-party right of enforcement" means a right provided in a working waterfront covenant to enforce any of its terms granted by the grantor and holder of the covenant to a governmental body or nonprofit corporation that meets the qualifications of a holder.

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1.
Commercial fisheries businesses.
"Commercial fisheries businesses" means any enterprise directly or indirectly concerned with the commercial harvest of wild or aquacultured marine organisms, whose primary source of income is derived from these activities. "Commercial fisheries businesses" includes without limitation:
2.
Qualified holder.
"Qualified holder" or "holder" means:
3.
Third-party right of enforcement.
"Third-party right of enforcement" means a right provided in a working waterfront covenant to enforce any of its terms granted by the grantor and holder of the covenant to a governmental body or nonprofit corporation that meets the qualifications of a holder.
4.
Working waterfront covenant.
"Working waterfront covenant" means an agreement in recordable form between the owner of working waterfront real estate and one or more qualified holders that permits a qualified holder to control, either directly or indirectly, the use, ownership and sales price of working waterfront real estate for the primary purpose of making and preserving the permanent availability and affordability of that real estate for commercial fisheries businesses. A working waterfront covenant may include a 3rd-party right of enforcement.
5.
Working waterfront real estate.
"Working waterfront real estate" or "real estate" means land, legally filled lands, piers, wharves and other improvements to lands all adjacent to the navigable coastal waters of the State.