H.P. 56 - L.D. 70
An Act to Increase Penalties for Standing or Walking on Railroad Tracks
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 23 MRSA §7007, as amended by PL 1991, c. 797, §8, is further amended to read:
§7007. Penalty for being on track or bridge or entering track with team
Whoever A person who, without right, stands or walks on a railroad track or railroad bridge or passes over such a bridge except by railroad conveyance forfeits not less than $5 nor more than $20, to be recovered by complaint commits a civil violation for which the following forfeiture must be adjudged: for a first offense, not less than $5 nor more than $100; for a 2nd offense, not less than $100 nor more than $500; for a 3rd and subsequent offenses, not less than $500 nor more than $1000. Whoever A person who, without right, enters upon any railroad track with any team, or any vehicle however propelled or drives any team or propels any vehicle upon any railroad track commits a Class E crime.
Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.
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