LD 1567
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2.__Soliciting passengers prohibited.__A person may not solicit
passengers, in competition with a railroad corporation, in a
station or on the station grounds or wharves of the railroad
corporation without a written permit signed by an officer of the
corporation authorized to issue the permit.

 
3.__Penalties.__A person who violates this section commits a
civil violation for which a fine of not more than $100 may be
adjudged.

 
Sec. L-11. 23 MRSA §6023, as amended by PL 1991, c. 797, §7, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
§6023.__Injuring fences; turning animals into railroad enclosure

 
1.__Injuring fence.__A person may not take down or
intentionally injure a fence erected to protect the line of a
railroad.

 
2.__Turning animals into railroad enclosure.__A person may not
turn a horse, cattle or other animal upon or within the enclosure
of a railroad.

 
3.__Penalty.__A person who violates this section commits a
Class E crime.__Violation of this section is a strict liability
crime as defined in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A.

 
Sec. L-12. 23 MRSA §7007, as amended by PL 1999, c. 318, §1, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
§7007.__Penalty for being on track or bridge or entering track

 
with team or vehicle

 
1.__Walking or standing on track or bridge.__A person may not,
without right, stand or walk on a railroad track or railroad
bridge or pass over a railroad bridge except by railroad
conveyance.

 
2.__Entering track.__A person may not, without right, enter
upon a railroad track with a team or a vehicle however propelled
or drive any team or propel a vehicle upon a railroad track.

 
3.__Penalties.__The following penalties apply to violations of
this section.

 
A.__A person who violates subsection 1 commits a civil
violation for which a fine of not less than $5 and not more
than $100 may be adjudged.


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