1-A. Alternate harvest report. The director may develop alternate forms for or methods of collecting harvest information from landowners who do not harvest timber on a regular basis. The director shall define landowners subject to the provisions of this subsection and provide report forms pursuant to section 8883 8883-B, subsection 2 3.

Sec. F-47. 12 MRSA §8885, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 720, §17, is further amended to read:

3. Reports. Reports required under subsections 1 and 2 are due during the month of January. If the period of cutting under subsection 1 or 2 extends beyond December 31st of any calendar year, a report shall must be submitted during the month of January for the preceding year. A person filing a harvest notification form pursuant to section 8883 8883-B must complete and return to the bureau a harvest report whether or not the landowner has harvested that year.

Sec. F-48. 12 MRSA §8885, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

6.__Failure to submit report; penalty.__Failure to submit reports pursuant to this section constitutes a civil violation for which a fine not to exceed $1,000 for each failure may be adjudged.

Sec. F-49. 12 MRSA §8887, as amended by PL 2001, c. 603, §3, is repealed.

Sec. F-50. 12 MRSA §9702, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 545, §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§9702.__Hindering state forest ranger or town forest fire warden

1.__Hinder performance of duties or access. A person may not:

A.__Prevent or obstruct a state forest ranger or town forest fire warden in the performance of the ranger's or warden's duties or the exercise of the rights of entry, access or examination by any state forest ranger or town forest fire warden.__Violation of this paragraph is a strict liability crime as defined in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A; or

B.__Attempt to prevent or obstruct a state forest ranger or town forest fire warden in the performance of the ranger's