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Recognizances and deposits must be handled by the court
in accordance with sections 10202 and 10203;

 
Sec. 55. 12 MRSA §10451, sub-§§2 and 4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414,
Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, are repealed and the
following enacted in their place:

 
2.__Responsibility for issuance and disposition.__The
commissioner is responsible for all fish and wildlife citation
forms approved by the Chief Judge of the District Court prior to
May 1, 1991.__The Department of Public Safety is responsible for
all Uniform Summons and Complaints issued to the warden service.__
The commissioner or the commissioner's designee is responsible
for the further issuance of Uniform Summons and Complaint books
to individual wardens and for the proper disposition of those
books.

 
4.__Lawful summons.__A citation as provided for in this
section or a Uniform Summons and Complaint, when served upon a
person by a law enforcement officer, acts as a summons to appear
in court or to otherwise respond in accordance with law on or
before the date specified in the summons.

 
A.__Any person who fails to appear in court as directed by
the summons or to otherwise respond in accordance with law
on or before the date specified in the summons commits a
Class E crime.

 
B.__Upon a person's failure to appear or respond in
accordance with law, the court may issue a warrant of
arrest.__It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under
this subsection that the failure to appear or respond
resulted from just cause.

 
Sec. 56. 12 MRSA §§10452 and 10453, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, are amended to read:

 
§10452. Refusal to sign

 
A person who refuses may not refuse to sign a citation or
Uniform Summons and Complaint after having been ordered to do so
by a law enforcement officer.__A person who violates this section
commits a Class E crime.

 
§10453. Unlawful disposition of citations

 
It is unlawful and official misconduct for a A warden or other
public employee to may not dispose of an official citation form
or Uniform Summons and Complaint, except in accordance with


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