SP0091
LD 253
Session - 127th Maine Legislature
C "A", Filing Number S-50, Sponsored by
LR 916
Item 2
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §8842-A, sub-§1, ¶A,  as enacted by PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. F, §40 and affected by Pt. X, §2, is amended to read:

A. Cut Christmas trees or evergreen boughs on land of another without securing written permission or a bill of sale from the owner or the owner's authorized agents and having a copy of this written permission or bill of sale in immediate possession. Only one such permit is needed per work crew. Violation of this paragraph is a Class E crime; or’

summary

This amendment clarifies that a person who cuts Christmas trees or evergreen boughs on land of another must have a copy of the landowner's written permission or bill of sale in that person's immediate possession.


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