LD 1920
pg. 130
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LR 2679
Item 1

 
(2)__A person who violates this paragraph after having
been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil
violations under this Part within the previous 5-year
period commits a Class E crime.

 
B.__A person may not possess any wild animal or wild bird
taken in violation of paragraph A.

 
(1)__A person who violates this paragraph commits a
civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100
nor more than $500 may be adjudged.

 
(2)__A person who violates this paragraph after having
been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil
violations under this Part within the previous 5-year
period commits a Class E crime.

 
2. Exceptions. The prohibitions in subsection 1 are subject
to the following exceptions and limitations listed in this apply
to the prohibitions in subsection 1-A.

 
A. Subsection 1 1-A does not apply to crows and skunks in
the Willow Water Game Sanctuary.

 
B. A person residing within the limits of the York Game
Sanctuary in the County of Franklin may kill any wild bird,
except grouse, or any wild animal, except beaver, when found
destroying that person's property.

 
C. A person residing within the limits of Prout's Neck,
Richmond's Island and Cape Elizabeth Sanctuary may kill any
wild bird, except ruffed grouse or Hungarian partridge, or
any wild animal, when found destroying that person's
property.

 
D. A person may trap any wild animal except moose, caribou,
and deer and elk within Fairfield Sanctuary, Narragansett
Game Sanctuary and Prout's Neck, Richmond's Island and Cape
Elizabeth Sanctuary in accordance with the general laws of
the State.

 
E. If the commissioner determines that the public health
and safety are threatened by diseased animals within
Rangeley Plantation Sanctuary, the commissioner may
authorize the use of firearms or any other device the
commissioner determines appropriate to eliminate diseased
animals.


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