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legitimate veterinary medical purpose by a licensed veterinarian
acting in the usual course of professional veterinary practice may
lawfully possess the drug or substance, except when in use, only in
the container in which it was delivered by the person selling or
dispensing the drug or substance.

 
Sec. 39. 22 MRSA §2648, first ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 739, §11, is
further amended to read:

 
Any water utility or municipality is authorized, after
consultation with the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and
Wildlife, the department and the Department of Conservation and
after conducting a public hearing in the affected town, to
designate by buoys in water or markers on the ice in an area on a
lake or pond from which water is taken, with a radius commencing
at its point of intake. The radius may not exceed 400 feet and
within that area a person may not anchor or moor a boat or carry
on ice fishing or carry on any other activity designated by the
water utility or municipality when such restriction is necessary
to comply with primary or secondary drinking water regulations
applicable to public water systems. Any such buoys placed in the
water must be plainly marked as required by the Director of the
Bureau of Parks and Lands under Title 38 12, section 323 1894.
Any person violating this section must, on conviction, be
penalized in accordance with Title 30-A, section 4452.

 
Sec. 40. 24-A MRSA §1493, sub-§5, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 573, §1
and affected by §2, is amended to read:

 
B. The application for registration must include the name
and address of the insurer with whom the producer has an
appointment pursuant to section 1431 1441-A and with whom
the producer has a written contract pursuant to section
1494, a statement of the duties that the producer is
expected to perform on behalf of the insurer, the lines of
insurance for which the producer is to be authorized to act
and any other information the superintendent requests.

 
Sec. 41. Retroactivity. The section of this Act that amends the
Maine Revised Statutes, Title 24-A, section 1493, subsection 5,
paragraph B is retroactive to October 1, 1997.

 
Sec. 42. 24-A MRSA §2168, sub-§1-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 315,
§22, is amended to read:

 
1-A. Prohibition against unreasonable burdens. A creditor or
lender may not, in connection with the extension of credit,
interfere with the free choice of a borrower or purchaser under
subsection 1 by imposing any unreasonable time or burden on an
insurance agent or broker not affiliated with the lender or


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