CHAPTER 283
H.P. 161 - L.D. 203
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7432, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1989, c. 913, Pt. B, §6, is repealed.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7432, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:
2-A. Failure to visit traps. Except as provided in subsection 14, paragraph C, a person is guilty of failure to visit traps if that person:
A. While trapping in any organized or incorporated place, fails to visit each trap, except killer-type traps, or fails to cause each trap to be visited at least once in every calendar day;
B. While trapping in any organized or incorporated place, fails to visit each killer-type trap or fails to cause each trap to be visited at least once in every 3 calendar days;
C. While trapping in any unorganized place, fails to visit each trap, except killer-type traps and water sets, or fails to cause each trap to be visited at least once in every calendar day; or
D. While trapping in any unorganized place, fails to visit each killer-type trap or water set or fails to cause each trap to be visited at least once in every 5 calendar days.
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7432, sub-§14, śC is enacted to read:
C. The requirements of subsection 2-A do not apply to under ice water sets for beaver and muskrat.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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