CHAPTER 454

H.P. 1059 - L.D. 1447

An Act To Improve Enforcement of the State's Natural

Resource Protection, Timber Theft and Trespass Laws

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §2364-B, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

6. Presentation of trip ticket to forest ranger. Upon request, a truck driver shall present a copy of the trip ticket to a forest ranger in any log yard or mill site. Upon request, a wood scaler shall present the record of measurement including a copy of the trip ticket or information contained on the trip ticket to a forest ranger. A forest ranger may request and use this information for the purpose of enforcing and investigating alleged violations of Title 12, section 8883; Title 14, section 7552; and Title 17, section 2510.__For purposes of this subsection, "forest ranger" means a person employed by the Department of Conservation, Bureau of Forestry under Title 12, section 8901.__A truck driver or wood scaler who fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection is subject to the penalties provided in section 2368.