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LD 823 Title Page An Act to Discourage Environmental Terrorism LD 823 Title Page
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LR 1831
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §210, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

 
1-A.__A person is guilty of environmental terrorizing if that
person commits a crime of violence dangerous to human life or
destructive to property or business practices, for the primary
purpose of protesting the practices of a person or business with
respect to an environmental or natural resource issue, and the
result is:

 
A.__To cause injury in fact to persons or damage to property
or business; or

 
B.__To purposefully cause a significant interruption in
business or loss of products that results in loss of
revenues or in compensable damages.

 
Sec. 2. 17-A MRSA §210, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 1977,
c. 510, §45, is amended to read:

 
2. Violation of subsection 1, paragraph A, is a Class D
crime. Violation of subsection 1, paragraph B, or subsection 1-A
is a Class C crime.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill establishes the crime of environmental terrorizing,
which is the destruction of property or the interference with a
place of business' normal course of business by individuals or
groups for the primary purpose of protesting a natural resource
or environmental issue. Environmental terrorizing is a Class C
crime.


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