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Title 12, Chapter 215: FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION

Subchapter 1: CLOSING OR RESTRICTING FOREST USE

12 §1151. Proclamation by Governor (REPEALED) 
12 §1152. Posting and publishing (REPEALED) 
12 §1153. --annulment (REPEALED) 
12 §1154. Failure to observe (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 2: FORESTRY DISTRICT

12 §1201. Designation (REPEALED) 
12 §1202. Adjacent municipalities as part of district (REPEALED) 
12 §1203. Control and extinguishment of fires (REPEALED) 
12 §1204. Withdrawal of municipality from a district (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 3: LOCAL CONTROL

12 §1251. Purpose (REPEALED) 
12 §1252. Fire control districts (REPEALED) 
12 §1253. State fire wardens (REPEALED) 
12 §1254. Duties of forest rangers in the incorporated sections (REPEALED) 
12 §1255. Control and extinguishment of forest fires (REPEALED) 
12 §1255-A. General deputy wardens (REPEALED) 
12 §1256. Coordinating protective agencies (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 4: FIRE WARDENS

12 §1301. Personnel in Maine Forestry District (REPEALED) 
12 §1302. Duties (REPEALED) 
12 §1303. Control and extinguishment of fires; assistance; expenses; report (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 5: DUMPS

12 §1351. Hazard clearance (REPEALED) 
12 §1352. Closing for violations (REPEALED) 
12 §1353. Deposits on other's land forbidden (REPEALED) 
12 §1354. Penalties (REPEALED) 
12 §1355. Loss of state reimbursement (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 6: KINDLING OUT-OF-DOOR FIRES

12 §1401. Restrictions (REPEALED) 
12 §1402. Permits (REPEALED) 
12 §1402-A. Seasonal use only (REPEALED) 
12 §1403. Penalties (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 7: RAILROADS

12 §1451. Patrol along tracks (REPEALED) 
12 §1452. Report of fires (REPEALED) 
12 §1453. Expense of fire patrol paid by railroad (REPEALED) 
12 §1454. Liability of railroad not affected (REPEALED) 
12 §1455. Removal of inflammable material (REPEALED) 
12 §1456. Devices to prevent fires (REPEALED) 
12 §1456-A. Spark arresters on certain equipment (REPEALED) 
12 §1457. Liability for damage by employees; window screens (REPEALED) 
12 §1458. Damage to forest growth during construction; extinguishment of fires (REPEALED) 
12 §1459. Penalties (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 8: SAWMILLS

12 §1501. Definitions (REPEALED) 
12 §1502. License fee; change of location or ownership (REPEALED) 
12 §1503. Hazard clearance (REPEALED) 
12 §1504. Forest fire tool cache (REPEALED) 
12 §1505. Annual timber-cut report (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 9: SLASH AND BRUSH

12 §1551. Burning permits (REPEALED) 
12 §1551-A. Slash defined (REPEALED) 
12 §1552. Disposal; along highways (REPEALED) 
12 §1553. -- along railroads and utility lines (REPEALED) 
12 §1554. -- along land bordering on another (REPEALED) 
12 §1555. -- by dwelling houses (REPEALED) 
12 §1556. -- Accumulations from construction or maintenance of tracks, roads and utility lines (REPEALED) 
12 §1557. -- manner of (REPEALED) 
12 §1558. Primary processors (REPEALED) 
12 §1559. Penalties (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 9-A: OBSTRUCTION OF WOODS ROADS

12 §1580. Obstruction of discontinued woods roads prohibited (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 10: TAX REVENUES

12 §1601. Annual district tax (REPEALED) 
12 §1601-A. Reimbursement to municipalities (REPEALED) 
12 §1602. Payment of expenses (REPEALED) 
12 §1603. Appropriation for payment of claims, accounts and demands (REPEALED) 
12 §1604. Filing of tax certificate with treasurer (REPEALED) 
12 §1605. Tax notices; publication; payment (REPEALED) 
12 §1606. Assessments on plantations (REPEALED) 
12 §1607. Use of funds; deficiency; payments from State Treasury; audit (REPEALED) 
12 §1608. Unorganized territory (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 11: JURISDICTION AND PENALTIES

12 §1651. Penalties not substitutes for existing liabilities (REPEALED) 
12 §1652. Jurisdiction for prosecutions (REPEALED) 
12 §1653. Partial payment of costs of suppressing forest fires (REPEALED) 
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