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| | | An Act to Allow Dragging in Lower Taunton Bay |
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| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, family livelihoods are and will continue to be severely | | impacted if this area is closed to dragging; and |
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| | | Whereas, it is necessary to reopen the area as soon as possible; | | and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6959-A, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 160, §1, is | | repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | §6959-A. Dragging in Taunton River area |
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| | | 1.__Dragging prohibited.__A person may not fish with any drag | | or combination of drags in the territorial waters westerly and | | northerly of Sullivan Falls in the towns of Hancock and |
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