2.__Commercial beano hall violations.__A person, corporation, partnership or unincorporated association that rents or leases a building or facilities to hold, conduct or operate "beano" or "bingo" commits a Class E crime if that person, corporation, partnership or unincorporated association:

A.__Rents or leases a building or facilities to hold, conduct or operate a "beano" or "bingo" game without a commercial beano hall permit issued by the Chief of the State Police; or

B.__Violates a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted by the Chief of the State Police pursuant to this chapter.

Violation of this subsection is a strict liability crime as defined in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A.

Sec. I-12. 17 MRSA §401 is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§401.__Violations; penalty

1.__Preventing employment.__An employer, employee or other person, by threats of injury, intimidation or force, alone or in combination with others, may not prevent a person from entering into, continuing in or leaving the employment of any person, firm or corporation.

2.__Maintaining blacklist. An employer, agent of an employer or other person, alone or in combination with others, may not attempt to prevent a wage earner in any industry from obtaining employment at that wage earner's trade by maintaining or being a party to the maintaining of a blacklist.

3.__Penalty. A person who violates this section commits a Class D crime.__Violation of this section is a strict liability crime as defined in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A.

Sec. I-13. 17 MRSA §1031, sub-§1, as corrected by RR 2001, c. 1, §§18 to 20, is amended to read:

1. Cruelty to animals. Except as provided in subsection 1-A subsections 1-D and 1-E, a person, including an owner or the owner's agent, is guilty of cruelty to animals if that person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly: