12 §9602. Obstruction of discontinued woods roads prohibited
§9602. Obstruction of discontinued woods roads prohibited A person, unless authorized by the director, may not obstruct any improved woods road or way used for the removal of forest growth, upon the discontinuance from use or abandonment of the road or way, if it may be reasonably utilized for preventing or suppressing forest fires. This […]
12 §9621. Forest Fire Advisory Council (REPEALED)
§9621. Forest Fire Advisory Council (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983, c. 556, §16 (NEW). PL 1983, c. 812, §94 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 502, §A37 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 622, §S24 (RP).
12 §9337. Primary processors
§9337. Primary processors All primary processors of wood products, including, but not limited to, sawmills, except a person processing for that person’s own domestic use, and owners of lands on which those processing plants are located shall keep any slash resulting from cutting forest growth removed for a distance of 50 feet in all directions […]
12 §9338. Prohibition
§9338. Prohibition Failure to comply with the slash disposal requirements of this Article shall subject the person responsible to a penalty as set forth in section 9701. [PL 1979, c. 545, §3 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 545, §3 (NEW).
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 Establishment (REPEALED)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 Establishment (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 545, §3 (NEW).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 §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 §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).