| | | 3. Definition; sinker.__For the purposes of this section, | | "sinker" means a device that is designed to be attached to a | | fishing line and intended to sink the line.__"Sinker" does not | | include artificial lures, weighted line, weighted flies or jig | | heads. |
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| | | Sec. B-289. 12 MRSA §12701, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. | | A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Public use. The commissioner may, pursuant to section | | 10104, adopt rules regulating hunting, fishing, trapping or other | | public use of any wildlife management area or wildlife sanctuary | | as designated in section 12706, subsection 1, except that a | | landowner may not be prohibited from operating any vehicle on | | land on which that person is domiciled. Rules adopted pursuant | | to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in | | Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | Sec. B-290. 12 MRSA §12701, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. | | A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | | 5. Access sites to inland and coastal waters. The | | commissioner may, pursuant to section 10104, subsection 1, adopt | | rules regulating public use of department-owned or department- | | maintained sites that provide public access to inland or coastal | | waters. The commissioner may establish reasonable fees for use | | of these sites by members of the public as necessary to help | | defray the cost of routine maintenance and security. Rules | | adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules | | as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | Sec. B-291. 12 MRSA §§12702 and 12703, 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 D, §7, are repealed and the | | following enacted in their place: |
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| | | §12702.__Rule violations; state-owned wildlife management areas |
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| | | The following penalties apply to violations of rules | | regulating state-owned wildlife management areas. |
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| | | 1.__Civil violation.__Notwithstanding section 10650, a person | | who violates a rule regulating state-owned wildlife management | | areas commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than | | $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged. |
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| | | 2.__Criminal violation.__A person who violates a rule | | regulating state-owned wildlife management areas after having | | been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations | | under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a Class | | E crime. |
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