CHAPTER 94
S.P. 317 - L.D. 942
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11213-A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §145 and affected by §422, is amended to read:
§11213-A. Shooting at or near decoys
1. Shooting at or near migratory waterfowl or wild turkey decoys. A person may not with a firearm, a bow and arrow or a crossbow shoot or shoot at a wildfowl migratory waterfowl or wild turkey decoy of another person.
A. A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.
B. A person who violates this subsection after having been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a Class E crime.
2. Shoot within area of another person's decoys. A person may not with a firearm, a bow and arrow or a crossbow shoot within an area encompassed by a set of another person's wildfowl migratory waterfowl or wild turkey decoys, including the area 50 yards away from the outer perimeter of the set of decoys.
A. A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.
B. A person who violates this subsection after having been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a Class E crime.
Effective September 17, 2005.
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