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season or possess any wild animal or wild bird taken during the | closed season on that wild animal or wild bird. |
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| A person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime. |
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| | Sec. B-214. 12 MRSA §12252, sub-§4 is enacted to read: |
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| | 4.__Penalty.__A person who violates this section commits a | Class E crime. |
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| | Sec. B-215. 12 MRSA §12253, 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. Trapping without written consent. A person may not, | without first obtaining the written consent of the landowner or | occupant, trap any wild animal on land in any organized or | incorporated place or on the cultivated or pasture area of land | that is used for agricultural purposes in any unorganized place | and on which land there is an occupied dwelling. The provisions | of this subsection do not apply to: |
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| B. Trapping with drowning sets in navigable rivers and | streams; or |
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| C. Trapping with drowning sets on state-owned land and | public rights-of-way. |
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| A person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime. |
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| | 2. Trapping near occupied dwelling without written consent. | A person may not trap any wild animal within 200 yards of an | occupied dwelling without first obtaining the written consent of | the owner or occupant of the land on which the trap is to be set. | The provisions of this subsection do not apply to beaver trapping | or trapping with drowning sets on state-owned land or public | rights-of-way. |
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| A person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime. |
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| | 3. Trapping near compact, built-up portion of city or | village. A person may not trap outside that person's land within | 1/2 mile of the compact, built-up portion of a city or village, | except: |
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| A. A person may trap within 1/2 mile of the built-up | portion of a city or village with drowning sets; and |
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