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| | | An Act To Improve the Property Boundary Marking Laws for |
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| | | Purposes of Timber Harvesting |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 17 MRSA §2511 is enacted to read: |
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| | | §2511.__Harvesting timber near property line |
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| | | 1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context | | otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following | | meanings. |
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| | | A.__"Established property line" means a line demarcated by | | monuments, signs, markings, pins, reference points or other | | markers that denotes a change in ownership between abutting | | properties.__These established property line markers must | | have been placed upon mutual agreement of the abutting | | landowners, based on historical physical evidence of a | | preexisting boundary line, or by a licensed professional | | surveyor pursuant to Title 32, chapter 121. |
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| | | B.__"Harvester" means a person, firm, company, corporation | | or other legal entity that harvests or contracts to harvest | | a forest product. |
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| | | C.__"Landowner representative" means a person, firm, | | company, corporation or other legal entity representing the | | landowner in timber sales or land management. |
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