Sec. 55. 12 MRSA §10451, sub-§§2 and 4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, are repealed and the following enacted in their place:

2.__Responsibility for issuance and disposition.__The commissioner is responsible for all fish and wildlife citation forms approved by the Chief Judge of the District Court prior to May 1, 1991.__The Department of Public Safety is responsible for all Uniform Summons and Complaints issued to the warden service.__ The commissioner or the commissioner's designee is responsible for the further issuance of Uniform Summons and Complaint books to individual wardens and for the proper disposition of those books.

4.__Lawful summons.__A citation as provided for in this section or a Uniform Summons and Complaint, when served upon a person by a law enforcement officer, acts as a summons to appear in court or to otherwise respond in accordance with law on or before the date specified in the summons.

A.__Any person who fails to appear in court as directed by the summons or to otherwise respond in accordance with law on or before the date specified in the summons commits a Class E crime.

B.__Upon a person's failure to appear or respond in accordance with law, the court may issue a warrant of arrest.__It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this subsection that the failure to appear or respond resulted from just cause.

Sec. 56. 12 MRSA §§10452 and 10453, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, are amended to read:

§10452. Refusal to sign

A person who refuses may not refuse to sign a citation or Uniform Summons and Complaint after having been ordered to do so by a law enforcement officer.__A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.

§10453. Unlawful disposition of citations

It is unlawful and official misconduct for a A warden or other public employee to may not dispose of an official citation form or Uniform Summons and Complaint, except in accordance with