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§6022
Title 23: TRANSPORTATION
Part 7: RAILROADS
Chapter 607: REAL ESTATE
§6024

§6023. Injuring fences; turning animals into railroad enclosure

1.  Injuring fence.  A person may not take down or intentionally injure a fence erected to protect the line of a railroad.  
[PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. L, §11 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).]
2.  Turning animals into railroad enclosure.  A person may not turn a horse, cattle or other animal upon or within the enclosure of a railroad.  
[PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. L, §11 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).]
3.  Penalty.  A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime. Violation of this section is a strict liability crime as defined in Title 17-A, section 34, subsection 4-A.  
[PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. L, §11 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 452, Pt. X, §2 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 141, §A4 (NEW). PL 1991, c. 797, §7 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 452, §L11 (RPR). PL 2003, c. 452, §X2 (AFF).
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