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LR 526
Item 1

 
A.__A person who operates a motor vehicle at a speed that
exceeds, by 30 miles per hour or more, the speed fixed by the
authority commits a Class E crime.

 
B.__A person who fails or neglects to pay tolls, fares or
charges for use of the turnpike commits a Class E crime.

 
These crimes are strict liability crimes as defined in Title 17-
A, section 34, subsection 4-A.

 
Sec. M-6. 23 MRSA §1980, sub-§4 is enacted to read:

 
4.__Other collection procedures.__Nothing in this section
prevents the authority from collecting payment for use of the
turnpike or any other service in connection with the turnpike by
action at law or in equity.

 
Sec. M-7. 23 MRSA §3252 is repealed and the following enacted in
its place:

 
§3252.__Drainage or obstruction of public ways

 
1.__Change in drainage; obstruction.__A person, personally or
through the person's agents or servants, may not do any of the
following acts in a manner that changes the drainage of a public
way or obstructs a public way:

 
A.__Cultivate, in connection with the improvement of lands
adjacent to a public way, any portion of the wrought portion
of a public way;

 
B.__Turn teams, tractors, farm machinery or other equipment
upon the wrought portion of a public way; or

 
C.__Deposit within or along any ditch or drain in a public
way any material that will obstruct the flow of water in the
ditch or drain or otherwise obstruct the way.__With the
written consent and in accordance with specifications of the
legal authorities having supervision of the ditch or drain,
a person may, to provide egress and regress to and from
lands occupied by that person, lawfully construct and
maintain a bridge across the ditch or drain.

 
2.__Penalties.__The following penalties apply to violations of
this section.

 
A.__A person who intentionally or knowingly violates
subsection 1 commits a civil violation for which a fine of
not more than $50 plus costs may be adjudged.


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