12 §9706. Jurisdiction for prosecutions
§9706. Jurisdiction for prosecutions The District Court shall have original and concurrent jurisdiction with the Superior Court in all prosecutions under this Part. Any person arrested as a violator may, with reasonable diligence, be taken before the District Court in the division nearest to where the offense is alleged to have been committed for a […]
12 §9707. Acceptance of personal recognizance with deposit
§9707. Acceptance of personal recognizance with deposit A forest ranger may accept recognizances in accordance with the following procedures: [PL 1989, c. 704, §2 (NEW).] 1. Acceptance. A forest ranger making an arrest for any crime defined in this chapter at a point more than 50 miles distant from the nearest District Court may […]
12 §9341. Establishment (REPEALED)
§9341. Establishment (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 545, §3 (NEW). PL 1985, c. 696, §1 (RPR). PL 1997, c. 678, §16 (RP).
12 §9704. Penalties not substitutes for existing liabilities
§9704. Penalties not substitutes for existing liabilities None of the penalties imposed by this Part shall be considered as substitutes for or as repealing laws making persons guilty of crimes, offenses or acts of trespass or liable for civil damages to persons injured by such acts, except that any person who invokes the remedy of […]
12 §9342. Seasonal use only
§9342. Seasonal use only No person may place any trailer, camper, shelter or tent from May 1st to November 30th at any public campsite maintained or authorized pursuant to section 1825, subsection 4 and keep that trailer, camper, shelter or tent so located, vacant or occupied, for more than 14 days in any 30-day period. […]
12 §9705. Recovery of certain penalties
§9705. Recovery of certain penalties The penalty set forth in section 9701 when applied to the acts enumerated in section 9324, subsections 1 to 3, may be recovered in a civil action and payable 1/2 to the municipality, if any, where the offense is committed and 1/2 to the State. [PL 1979, c. 545, […]
12 §9401. Patrol along tracks
§9401. Patrol along tracks Whenever in the judgment of the director the woodlands along the railroads traversing the forest lands of the State are in a dry and dangerous condition, the director shall maintain a competent and efficient fire patrol along the right-of-way or lands of those railroads if, in the judgment of the director, […]
12 §9402. Report of fires
§9402. Report of fires All fires starting upon the right-of-way of any railroad or lands adjacent thereto shall be immediately reported to the forest ranger or town forest fire warden by any railroad employee stating the location and origin of such fire and, if the fire was started by a locomotive, the number thereof. […]
12 §9403. Expense of fire patrol paid by railroad
§9403. Expense of fire patrol paid by railroad The director shall keep, or cause to be kept, an account of the cost of maintenance by the State of such fire patrol along the line of such railroad, including therein the wages and expenses of the employees engaged in maintaining such fire patrol, and the total […]
12 §9404. Liability of railroad not affected
§9404. Liability of railroad not affected Nothing in sections 9401 to 9403 shall be construed as releasing any railroad company from any damage caused by fires set by their locomotives or employees. [PL 1979, c. 545, §3 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 545, §3 (NEW).