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).
12 §9326. Electronic issuance of permits
§9326. Electronic issuance of permits The Director of the Bureau of Forestry shall develop or cause to be developed a system to electronically issue permits for burning in all areas of the State using a publicly accessible site on the Internet. [PL 2013, c. 35, §1 (AMD); PL 2013, c. 405, Pt. A, §23 […]
12 §9327. Private party burn permit software
§9327. Private party burn permit software The Director of the Bureau of Forestry shall allow a municipality to use burn permit software acquired from a private party to establish a publicly accessible online system to issue a permit to burn pursuant to section 9325 if the issuance of a permit to burn using the private […]
12 §9331. Slash defined
§9331. Slash defined For the purposes of this Part “slash” is defined as branches, bark, tops, chunks, cull logs, uprooted stumps and broken or uprooted trees and shrubs left on the ground as a result of logging, right-of-way construction or maintenance and land clearance. [PL 1979, c. 545, §3 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, […]
12 §9332. Disposal along highways
§9332. Disposal along highways A stumpage owner, operator, landowner or agent who cuts or causes or permits to be cut any forest growth on lands that are within or border the right-of-way of a public highway within the State shall dispose of the slash that is within the right-of-way or within 50 feet of the […]
12 §9205-A. Payment of costs in the unorganized territory
§9205-A. Payment of costs in the unorganized territory Responsibility for the control of forest fires in the unorganized territory lies with the State. The unorganized territory shall reimburse the State for the costs of controlling and extinguishing forest fires up to 1/4 of 1% of the state valuation of the unorganized territory. The State may […]
12 §9333. Disposal along railroads and utility lines
§9333. Disposal along railroads and utility lines 1. Stumpage owner. A stumpage owner, operator, landowner or agent who cuts or causes or permits to be cut any forest growth on lands that are within or border the right-of-way of a railroad, a pipeline or an electric power, telegraph, telephone or cable line may not place […]
12 §9206. Reports and payrolls
§9206. Reports and payrolls Town forest fire wardens and state forest rangers shall promptly prepare a report of their investigation of the cause, extent and damage on all forest fires in their charge. They shall prepare an exact and detailed statement of expenses incurred therein immediately after total extinguishment of the forest fire on forms […]
12 §9334. Removal of slash along land bordering on another
§9334. Removal of slash along land bordering on another A person who, as stumpage owner, operator, landowner or agent, cuts, causes or permits to be cut any forest growth on land that borders land of another outside the limits of the unorganized territory or within the unorganized territory that borders property outside shall dispose of […]