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defined by Title 30, section 6205, subsection 2, wardens of the
Passamaquoddy Tribe within the Passamaquoddy Indian Territory, as
defined by Title 30, section 6205, subsection 1, and law
enforcement personnel employed by the United States Department of
the Interior have the powers of game wardens.

 
The commissioner shall grant the powers of game wardens
outside the Penobscot Indian Territory to wardens of the
Penobscot Indian Nation and game wardens outside the
Passamaquoddy Indian Territory to wardens of the Passamaquoddy
Tribe who have qualified under the written code prepared by the
commissioner and approved by the Director of Human Resources
within the Department of Administrative and Financial Services,
as specified in section 10351. The commissioner may revoke these
powers for good cause shown and shall provide a subsequent
hearing on the revocation under Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter
4, if requested.

 
§10402.__Officials with certain powers and duties of

 
wardens

 
1.__Watercraft laws. All harbor masters, except those harbor
masters whose authority is restricted as described in Title 38,
section 1, have the same powers and duties as game wardens to
enforce chapter 935 and any other provision of this Part
regulating watercraft.

 
2.__Snowmobile laws. All law enforcement personnel of the
State, including those of the Bureau of Forestry, and supervisors
and rangers of the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks
and Lands and the Allagash Wilderness Waterway have the same
powers and duties as game wardens to enforce chapter 937 and any
other provision of this Part regulating snowmobiles.

 
3.__Airmobile laws.__All law enforcement personnel of the
State, including those of the Bureau of Forestry, have the same
powers and duties as game wardens to enforce chapter 935, as it
applies to airmobiles, and any other provision of this Part
regulating airmobiles.

 
4.__All-terrain vehicle laws.__All law enforcement personnel
of the State, including those of the Bureau of Forestry, have the
powers and duties to enforce chapter 939 and any other provision
of this Part regulating ATVs.

 
§10403. Enforcement of watercraft laws

 
Any municipal, county or state law enforcement officer or any
harbor master appointed pursuant to section 13072 or Title 38,
section 1 has the authority to enforce, in the respective


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