| | | Sec. B-33. 17 MRSA §1033, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 383, §4, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Affirmative defense. It is an affirmative defense to | prosecution under subsections 1 and 2, that the activity charged | | involves the possession, training, exhibition or use of an animal | | in the otherwise lawful sport of animal hunting and the training | | or use of hunting dogs. It is also an affirmative defense that | | the defendant's conduct involved the use of live animals as bait | | or in the training of other animals in accordance with the laws | | of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Title 12, | Part 10 13. |
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| | | Sec. B-34. 17 MRSA §3853-D, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 289, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | B. "Motor vehicle" means any self-propelled vehicle not | | operated exclusively on tracks, including all-terrain | vehicles as defined in Title 12, section 7851 13001, but not | | including snowmobiles. |
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| | | Sec. B-35. 22 MRSA §1696-I, 2nd ¶, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 280, §1, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | If, in the professional judgment of the Director of the Bureau | | of Health, conditions exist in which consumption of fish caught | | in state waters poses a threat to public health, the director | | shall prepare an advisory of the public health threat. The | | advisory must be in a form suitable for posting in places | | frequented by noncommercial anglers, included in the abstract of | fish and wildlife laws prepared under Title 12, section 7034 | 10103, subsection 5 7 and distributed to all holders of sport | | fishing licenses. The director has final authority regarding the | | content of the advisory, including the exact language used in the | | advisory. The Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is | | responsible for printing and posting verbatim copies of the | | advisory and for incorporating the verbatim health advisory in | | the abstract of fish and wildlife laws. |
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| | | Sec. B-36. 25 MRSA §2001, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 478, §2, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Hunting knives. Knives used for the purposes of hunting, | fishing or trapping to hunt, fish or trap as defined in Title 12, | section 7001 10001; |
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| | | Sec. B-37. 25 MRSA §2001, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2001, c. 459, §1, | | is further amended to read: |
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