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An Act To Prohibit Placing the Carcass of a Dead Animal on a Frozen Body of Water for the Purpose of Baiting Coyotes
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §571, sub-§1, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 550, §9, is amended to read:
 
D. Put a carcass of any dead animal or other offensive material in waters identified in paragraphs A and B or on the ice of those waters. A person may place the carcass of a dead animal on the ice of a brook, great pond or river for purposes of coyote hunting as long as the carcass is removed before the ice supporting that carcass is gone. This paragraph does not authorize a person to enter the property owned by another person without the permission of the property owner.
 
SUMMARY
This bill prohibits a person from placing the carcass of a dead animal on the ice of a brook, great pond or river for purposes of coyote hunting.