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LR 526
Item 1

 
B.__A person who intentionally or knowingly violates
subsection 1 after having previously violated this section
commits a civil violation for which a fine of not more than
$100 plus costs may be adjudged.

 
All fines recovered under this section, except in cases where the
way involved was maintained by the State, must be paid to the
treasurer of the municipality, or, for an unorganized place, to
the treasurer of the county, where such offense is committed and
must be expended in the construction and maintenance of public
ways or drains therein.

 
3.__Damages.__In addition to the fines under subsection 2, a
person who intentionally or knowingly violates subsection 1 is
liable for double the amount of the actual damage, to be
recovered in a civil action by the municipality, or, in behalf of
any unorganized place, by the county where the offense is
committed.

 
4.__Jurisdiction.__In all prosecutions under this section, the
District Court has, upon complaint, jurisdiction concurrent with
the Superior Court.

 
5.__Application.__This section does not apply to a person
having legal supervision of a public way.

 
Sec. M-8. 23 MRSA §3253 is repealed.

 
Sec. M-9. 23 MRSA §3254 is repealed and the following enacted in
its place:

 
§3254.__Complaints

 
When the attention of a municipal officer, or, for an
unorganized place, a county commissioner, is directed to a
violation of section 3252 within the municipal officer's or
county commissioner's jurisdiction, the municipal officer or
county commissioner shall enter a complaint against the offender
and prosecute the violation to final judgment.

 
Sec. M-10. 23 MRSA §6019, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 141, Pt. A, §4,
is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
§6019.__Loitering; soliciting passengers

 
1.__Loitering prohibited.__A person may not loiter or remain,
without right, within any car or station house of a railroad
corporation or upon the platform or grounds adjoining that
station after being requested to leave by a railroad officer.


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