Bill Aims to Protect Leaseholder Rights Cap Eyed to Stem Skyrocketing Payments On Camps

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INDIAN PURCHASE 4 - Stu Kallgren loves his camp on South Twin Lake, but he wonders how much longer he can afford it.

Since 2005, his annual lease payments have risen from $1,800 to $2,800, and he expects them to go to $3,300 in 2008, Kallgren said. That's why he hopes that a bill proposed by Rep. Herbie Clark, D- Millinocket, becomes law.

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Bill Aims to Protect Leaseholder Rights Cap Eyed to Stem Skyrocketing Payments On Camps

Clark's Leaseholders Bill of Rights would offer price controls on leases and other safeguards to help keep longtime leaseholders such as Kallgren from being forced to give up their camps.

The bill is now be...

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