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PUBLIC LAWS OF MAINE
First Special Session of the 118th

CHAPTER 170
H.P. 788 - L.D. 1076

An Act to Increase the Civil Penalty for Cruelty to Animals

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

     Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §4016, as amended by PL 1993, c. 81, §1, is further amended to read:

§4016. Violation

     Any person who violates this chapter commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 $250 or more than $1,000 for each offense must be adjudged and for which such other relief as may be necessary to restore the animal to good health or to ameliorate the effects of cruelty and to ensure that the animal is well cared for may be ordered.

Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.

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