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exercise of, jurisdiction as authorized by this section or section | 6207, the State shall have has exclusive jurisdiction over | violations of tribal ordinances by members of either tribe or | nation within the Indian territory and over any public or private | right-of-way and right-of-way passing through or adjacent to the | Indian territory of that tribe or nation. The State shall have has | exclusive jurisdiction over violations of tribal ordinances by | persons not members of either tribe or nation. |
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| | Sec. 2. 30 MRSA §6207, sub-§§1, 2 and 7, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 732, | §§1 and 31, are amended to read: |
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| | 1. Adoption of ordinances by tribe. Subject to the | limitations of subsection 6, the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the | Penobscot Nation each shall have exclusive authority within their | respective Indian territories and the Passamaquoddy Tribe has the | same authority over any public or private right-of-way and over | any railroad, utility or other right-of-way that are not owned by | the tribe but bordered on one or both sides by Passamaquoddy | Indian territory to promulgate adopt and enact ordinances | regulating: |
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| A. Hunting, trapping or other taking of wildlife; and |
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| B. Taking of fish on any pond in which all the shoreline | and all submerged lands are wholly within Indian territory | and which that is less than 10 acres in surface area. |
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| Such ordinances shall be are equally applicable, on a | nondiscriminatory basis, to all persons regardless of whether | such person is a member of the respective tribe or nation | provided, however, except that subject to the limitations of | subsection 6, such ordinances may include special provisions for | the sustenance of the individual members of the Passamaquoddy | Tribe or the Penobscot Nation. In addition to the authority | provided by this subsection, the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the | Penobscot Nation, subject to the limitations of subsection 6, may | exercise within their respective Indian territories all the | rights incident to ownership of land under the laws of the State. |
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| | 2. Registration stations. The Passamaquoddy Tribe and the | Penobscot Nation shall establish and maintain registration | stations for the purpose of registering bear, moose, deer and | other wildlife killed within their respective Indian territories | or within any public or private right-of-way and within any | railroad, utility or other right-of-way that are not owned by the | tribe but bordered on one or both sides by Passamaquoddy Indian | territory and shall adopt ordinances requiring registration of | such wildlife to the extent and in substantially the same manner | as such wildlife are is required to be registered under the laws |
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