| | | limitations of the agent's responsibilities as an agent, | | including any terms for reimbursement of expenses or payment | | of wages. |
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| | | B.__Agents must be trained in the use of snares and must be | | deployed in the unorganized townships to control coyotes | | during the winter months.__All snaring must be carried out | | under the direction of department officials and with the | | knowledge of the local game warden.__All areas of snaring | | activity must be adequately posted. |
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| | | C.__Agents may be utilized for the benefit of agricultural | | interests as long as the department is reimbursed annually | | for the cost of those efforts by the Department of | | Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources from funds | | specifically appropriated or otherwise made available to the | | Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources for that | | purpose. |
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| | | 4.__Search and rescue.__Whenever the commissioner receives | | notification that any person has gone into the woodlands or onto | | the inland waters of the State on a hunting, fishing or other | | trip and has become lost, stranded or drowned, the commissioner | | shall exercise the authority to take reasonable steps to ensure | | the safe and timely recovery of that person; except in cases | | involving downed or lost aircraft covered by Title 6, section | | 303. |
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| | | A.__The commissioner may summon any person in the State to | | assist in search and rescue attempts.__Each person summoned | | must be paid at a rate set by the commissioner with the | | approval of the Governor and must be provided with | | subsistence while engaged in these activities. |
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| | | B.__The commissioner may enter into written agreements with | | other agencies or corporations, including commercial | | recreational areas, allowing partial search and rescue | | responsibility within specified areas. |
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| | | C.__The commissioner may terminate a search and rescue | | operation by members of the department when, in the | | commissioner's opinion, all reasonable efforts have been | | exhausted. |
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| | | D.__The commissioner may recover all costs directly related | | to a specific search and rescue operation: |
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| | | (1) From the person for whom the search and rescue | | operation was conducted; or |
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