| An Act To Exempt Agricultural Guard Dogs and Herding Dogs |
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| from the Barking Dog Ordinances |
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §3950, as amended by PL 1991, c. 779, §40, is | further amended to read: |
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| | Each municipality is empowered to adopt or retain more | stringent ordinances, laws or regulations dealing with the | subject matter of this chapter, except that municipalities may | not adopt breed-specific ordinances, laws or regulations. Any | less restrictive municipal ordinances, laws or regulations are | invalid and of no force and effect. |
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| | 1.__Certain agricultural working dogs exempt from barking dog | ordinances.__A municipal ordinance, law or regulation that | prohibits or limits barking dogs does not apply to dogs engaged | in herding livestock or to agricultural guard dogs engaged in | protecting livestock__or warning the owners of danger to the | livestock.__For the purposes of this subsection, the term | "livestock" has the same meaning as in section 3907, subsection | 18-A. |
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