| | | 1.__Prohibition.__A person may not fish for Atlantic salmon in | | violation of the provisions of this Part. |
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| | | 2.__Penalty.__A person who violates this section commits a | | Class E crime, and the court shall impose an additional fine of | | $500, none of which may be suspended, for each Atlantic salmon | | unlawfully possessed. |
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| | | Sec. D-1. Rules; transition. All rules adopted by any state agency, | | department or board under the authority of the Maine Revised | | Statutes, Title 12, former Part 10 continue in force until they | | are repealed, rescinded, amended or revoked. |
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| | | Sec. D-2. Rule-making authority. All rule-making authority enacted in | | Part A of this Act is a continuation of rule-making authority | | contained in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, former Part | | 10, and is not new rule-making authority for the purposes of | | Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. Notwithstanding Title 5, | | chapter 375, subchapter 2-A, any change to a major substantive | | rule to reflect updated statutory cross-references necessitated | | by Part A of this Act does not require legislative review under | | that subchapter. |
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| | | Sec. D-3. Continuation of terms. Nothing in Part A of this Act is | | intended to affect the terms of members serving on the effective | | date of this Act on the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Advisory | | Council established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, | | former section 7033-A, the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund Board | | established in Title 12, former section 7788, the Advisory Board | | for the Licensing of Guides established in Title 12, former | | section 7320, the Advisory Board for the Licensing of | | Taxidermists established in Title 12, former section 7355, the | | Advisory Board for the Licensing of Whitewater Guides established | | in Title 12, former section 7366-A, the Junior Maine Guides and | | Trip Leaders Curriculum Advisory Board established in Title 12, | | former section 7323 and the Whitewater Safety Committee | | established in Title 12, former section 7367. |
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| | | Sec. D-4. Legislative intent. It is the intent of the Legislature that | | this Act be considered a recodification of certain laws governing | | inland fisheries and wildlife and that this Act not be considered | | to change or revise in any way the meaning or intent of those | | laws. |
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| | | Sec. D-5. Authorization to report out legislation. The joint standing | | committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland | | fisheries and wildlife matters may report out to the |
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