CHAPTER 171

S.P. 412 - L.D. 1184

An Act To Adopt Recommendations of the Soft-shell Clam

Advisory Council

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6671, sub-§8, śC, as amended by PL 2001, c. 188, §8, is further amended to read:

C. A certified municipal shellfish conservation warden shall enforce the shellfish ordinances of the municipality employing the warden and, if the warden is authorized by the municipality and meets the training requirements of Title 25, section 2804-I, the warden may arrest all violators. The warden may serve all process pertaining to the ordinance. The warden also has, within that warden's jurisdiction, the powers of a marine patrol officer provided in section 6025, subsection 4 and the authority to enforce section 6621. All of the powers conferred in this subsection are limited to the enforcement of a municipal shellfish conservation ordinance and section 6621.

At the commissioner's request, a certified municipal shellfish conservation warden may collect samples and otherwise assist the department in the detection of pollutants and contaminants. The commissioner is not required to conduct tests on samples not requested by the commissioner.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6671, sub-§10, as amended by PL 2003, c. 284, §1, is further amended to read: