CHAPTER 440
H.P. 729 - L.D. 993
Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas, alewives are scheduled to be stocked in Tripp Pond before March, April and May, which is before the end of the 90-day period; and
Whereas, the stocking of alewives in Tripp Pond is devastating to the lake and the fish in the lake; and
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7775, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 121, §1, is amended to read:
1. Alewives. Alewives may not be stocked in Hogan Pond or Whitney Pond in the Town of Oxford or any waters that drain into or out of those ponds.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7775, sub-§2 is enacted to read:
2. Prohibition on stocking alewives in Tripp Pond, Pond Brook and the Little Androscoggin River. Alewives may not be stocked in Tripp Pond in the Town of Poland or any waters that drain into that pond, Pond Brook in the Town of Oxford from its source at Hogan Pond and Whitney Pond to its junction with the Little Androscoggin River or in any waters of the Little Androscoggin River upstream of the Welchville Dam.
This subsection is repealed 90 days after the adjournment of the Second Regular Session of the 118th Legislature.
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.
Effective June 10, 1997.
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