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 §9702. Hindering state forest ranger or town forest fire warden
§9702. Hindering state forest ranger or town forest fire warden 1. Hinder performance of duties or access. A person may not: A. Prevent or obstruct a state forest ranger or town forest fire warden in the performance of the ranger’s or warden’s duties or the exercise of the rights of entry, access or examination […]
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 §9703. Partial payment of costs of suppressing forest fires
§9703. Partial payment of costs of suppressing forest fires Any person who intentionally or negligently causes a fire that burns forest, brush, grass or other lands or intentionally fails to take reasonable action to control a fire on that person’s own land is liable civilly for restitution of costs incurred by state or municipal government […]
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 Establishment (REPEALED)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 Establishment (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 545, §3 (NEW).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. […]