| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §401-B, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1983 c. 563, §1, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | To further the purposes of this Part, the commissioner shall | | initiate and implement programs necessary to facilitate the | | effective, profitable marketing of Maine agricultural | | products. For the purposes of this subchapter, the terms | | "agricultural products" and "farm products" include products | | of aquaculture as defined in Title 12, section 6001, | subsection 1. These programs shall include, but are not be | | limited to, the following. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §1751, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2001, c. 572, §23, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Domestic animals. "Domestic animals" means cattle, | | equines, goats, sheep, swine, cats, dogs, domesticated | | cervidae or other domesticated animals; large game as defined | | in section 1341, subsection 5; fish and shellfish that are the | | product or stock of aquaculture as defined in Title 12, | | section 6001, subsection 1; and poultry. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6071, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 153, §1, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Organism and products embargoed and condemned. The | | Except for fish and shellfish that are the product or stock of | | an aquaculture operation in this State, the commissioner or | | the commissioner's agent may indefinitely embargo, condemn or | | order to be destroyed a marine organism or marine organism | | product either indigenous or imported if: |
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| | | A. The organism or product is introduced to coastal | | waters in violation of this section and the commissioner | | determines that the organism or product is of unsound | | quality, contains any filthy, decomposed or putrid | | substance, may be poisonous or deleterious to health or is | | otherwise unsafe; |
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| | | B. The organism or product is intended for introduction | | to coastal waters and the commissioner determines the | | organism or product is diseased or otherwise in a | | condition that if introduced to coastal waters could | | endanger indigenous marine life or its environment; or |
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| | | C. Handling of the organism or product could result in the | | introduction of that organism or product to the coastal waters | | and the commissioner determines the organism or product is | | diseased or otherwise in a condition that if |
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