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possessing nonnative and exotic species, means an enclosed | container, having a closed operating system, for purposes of |
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| displaying fish or other aquatic organisms that is located within | a home, exhibition building or other permanent all-season | structure and that does not allow the discharge of water or | aquatic organisms into the inland waters of the State. |
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| | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7035, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 387, §4, | is further amended to read: |
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| B. A municipality or political subdivision of the State may | not enact any ordinance, law or rule regulating the hunting, | trapping or fishing for any species of fish or wildlife; the | operation, registration or numbering of all-terrain | vehicles, watercraft or snowmobiles; or any other subject | matter of chapter 715, subchapters I 1 and II 2. For | purposes of this paragraph, except as provided in | subparagraphs (3) and (4), the regulation of fishing | includes the regulation of ice fishing shacks. Nothing in | this paragraph may be construed to prohibit the following: |
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| (1) The enactment of any ordinance generally | regulating the discharge of firearms in a municipality | or any part of a municipality; |
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| (2) The adoption of rules as authorized in section | 7792; |
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| (3) The enactment of any ordinance regulating ice | fishing shacks on sources of public water supply as | provided under Title 22, section 2642; or |
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| (4) The enactment of any ordinance regulating ice | fishing shacks on coastal waters as defined in section | 6001, subsection 6. |
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| | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7035, sub-§1, ¶C is enacted to read: |
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| C.__Notwithstanding paragraph B, a municipality may regulate | the operation of all-terrain vehicles on municipal property | and on rights-of-way and easements held by that | municipality. |
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| | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7035, sub-§8, as amended by PL 1995, c. 667, Pt. A, | §5, is further amended to read: |
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| | 8. Sale of publications. If the commissioner determines it | advisable for the more effective dissemination of factual | information, information of public interest or information | tending to promote better public relations, the commissioner may | fix the price, if any, of certain publications and materials of |
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