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Sec. B-33. 17 MRSA §1033, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 383, §4,
is amended to read:

 
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.

 
Sec. B-34. 17 MRSA §3853-D, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 289,
is amended to read:

 
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.

 
Sec. B-35. 22 MRSA §1696-I, 2nd ¶, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 280, §1,
is amended to read:

 
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.

 
Sec. B-36. 25 MRSA §2001, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 478, §2,
is amended to read:

 
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;

 
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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