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preservice law enforcement training requirements in Title 25, | | section 2804-B and the in-service law enforcement training in | | Title 25, section 2804-E in order to have the power to make | | arrests or carry a firearm. Humane agents are exempt from Title | | 25, section 2804-C. A humane agent, regardless of date of | employment, must receive 40 hours related education periodically | annually as determined by the department Animal Welfare Advisory | | Council and the chief humane agent. |
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| | | 4. Subpoenas and summons. The commissioner or the | commissioner's designee after consultation with the | appropriate attorney for the State or the legal counsel for | the department may: |
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| | A. Serve subpoenas requiring persons to disclose or | provide to the department information or records in their | possession that are necessary and relevant to an | investigation under the animal welfare laws. |
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| | (1) The department may apply to the District Court | to enforce a subpoena. |
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| | (2) A person who complies with a subpoena is immune | from civil or criminal liability that might otherwise | result from the act of turning over or providing | information or records to the department. |
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| | | 5.__Serve civil and criminal process.__Upon completion of | | and meeting the requirements stated in subsection 3, the chief | | humane agent and humane agents have the authority to serve | | civil and criminal process. |
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| | | Sec. 9. 7 MRSA §3921-A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 129, §2, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | §3921-A. Permanent identification of wolf hybrids |
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| | | The commissioner chief humane agent shall adopt rules to | | establish methods of identifying wolf hybrids through | | tattooing, the placement of a microchip under the animal's | skin or any other method determined by the commissioner chief | | humane agent as adequately providing a permanent means of | | identification on the body of the animal. Rules adopted | | pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as | defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A 2-A. A | | person may not own or keep a wolf hybrid unless the animal has | | identification in compliance with the rules adopted under this | | section. |
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| | | Sec. 10. 7 MRSA §3922, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1997, c. 704, §7, is | | further amended to read: |
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