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Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
12 §8901. Forest rangers - §8901. Forest rangers 1. Appointment. The Director of the Bureau...
12 §8902. Forest fire wardens - §8902. Forest fire wardens The director shall appoint a forest...
12 §8903. General deputy wardens - §8903. General deputy wardens The director may appoint general deputy...
12 §8904. Coordinating protective agencies - §8904. Coordinating protective agencies The director shall formulate emergency plans...
12 §8905. Chain of command - §8905. Chain of command The director shall be responsible for...
12 §8906. Other authority - §8906. Other authority 1. Administrative units. The director shall have...
12 §8907. Forest service citation form - §8907. Forest service citation form 1. Form. The Director of...
12 §8908. Aerial Fire Suppression Fund - §8908. Aerial Fire Suppression Fund 1. Establishment of fund. The...
Subchapter 2: FIRE PREVENTION EMERGENCY
12 §9001. Proclamation by Governor - §9001. Proclamation by Governor 1. Determination by director. The director...
12 §9001-A. Definitions - §9001-A. Definitions As used in this subchapter, the following terms...
12 §9001-B. Exemptions - §9001-B. Exemptions 1. General. The Governor may, in a proclamation...
12 §9002. Posting and publishing - §9002. Posting and publishing The proclamation must be published in...
12 §9003. Repeal; amend - §9003. Repeal; amend If, after issuing the proclamation provided for...
12 §9004. Penalty - §9004. Penalty 1. Violation of proclamation. Notwithstanding section 9701, any...
Subchapter 3: LOCAL CONTROL
12 §9201. Responsibility for control of forest fires - §9201. Responsibility for control of forest fires Responsibility for the...
12 §9202. Right to call and employ assistance - §9202. Right to call and employ assistance Forest rangers and...
12 §9203. Compensation - §9203. Compensation Town forest fire wardens shall receive compensation for...
12 §9204. Payment of costs - §9204. Payment of costs Municipalities shall pay the costs for...
12 §9205. Payment of costs beyond 1/4 of 1% of state valuation - §9205. Payment of costs beyond 1/4 of 1% of state...
12 §9205-A. Payment of costs in the unorganized territory - §9205-A. Payment of costs in the unorganized territory Responsibility for...
12 §9206. Reports and payrolls - §9206. Reports and payrolls Town forest fire wardens and state...
Subchapter 4: REGULATION OF OPEN BURNING
Article 1: DUMPS
12 §9301. Hazard clearance - §9301. Hazard clearance Any municipal or private dump within the...
12 §9302. Closing - §9302. Closing A municipal or private dump within the State...
12 §9303. Deposits on other's land forbidden - §9303. Deposits on other's land forbidden A person may not...
12 §9304. Loss of state reimbursement - §9304. Loss of state reimbursement Any municipality in which a...
Article 2: OUT-OF-DOOR FIRES
12 §9321. Criteria for allowable burning - §9321. Criteria for allowable burning 1. Criteria. In issuing any...
12 §9321-A. Possession and production of permit required; violation - §9321-A. Possession and production of permit required; violation 1. Possession...
12 §9322. Permits in the unorganized territory - §9322. Permits in the unorganized territory 1. Permits. No person...
12 §9323. Slash and brush permits - §9323. Slash and brush permits 1. Prohibition. No person shall...
12 §9324. Prohibited acts - §9324. Prohibited acts 1. Extinguishment of fire. Whoever by himself...
12 §9325. Open burning - §9325. Open burning 1. Permissible open burning with permit. When...
12 §9326. Electronic issuance of permits - §9326. Electronic issuance of permits The Director of the Bureau...
12 §9327. Private party burn permit software - §9327. Private party burn permit software The Director of the...
Article 3: DISPOSAL OF SLASH
12 §9331. Slash defined - §9331. Slash defined For the purposes of this Part "slash"...
12 §9332. Disposal along highways - §9332. Disposal along highways A stumpage owner, operator, landowner or...
12 §9333. Disposal along railroads and utility lines - §9333. Disposal along railroads and utility lines 1. Stumpage owner....
12 §9334. Removal of slash along land bordering on another - §9334. Removal of slash along land bordering on another A...
12 §9335. Removal of slash by dwelling houses - §9335. Removal of slash by dwelling houses The director, by...
12 §9336. Manner of - §9336. Manner of All slash resulting from cutting of forest...
12 §9337. Primary processors - §9337. Primary processors All primary processors of wood products, including,...
12 §9338. Prohibition - §9338. Prohibition Failure to comply with the slash disposal requirements...
Article 4: PUBLIC CAMPSITES
12 §9341. Establishment (REPEALED) - §9341. Establishment (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1979, c. 545, §3...
12 §9342. Seasonal use only - §9342. Seasonal use only No person may place any trailer,...
Subchapter 5: RAILROADS
12 §9401. Patrol along tracks - §9401. Patrol along tracks Whenever in the judgment of the...
12 §9402. Report of fires - §9402. Report of fires All fires starting upon the right-of-way...
12 §9403. Expense of fire patrol paid by railroad - §9403. Expense of fire patrol paid by railroad The director...
12 §9404. Liability of railroad not affected - §9404. Liability of railroad not affected Nothing in sections 9401...
12 §9405. Removal of inflammable material (REPEALED) - §9405. Removal of inflammable material (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1979,...
12 §9405-A. Railroad right-of-way; director may order flammable materials removed - §9405-A. Railroad right-of-way; director may order flammable materials removed A...
12 §9406. Devices to prevent fires - §9406. Devices to prevent fires Every railroad operating locomotives powered...
Subchapter 6: FIRE PREVENTION PRACTICES
12 §9601. Spark arrester - §9601. Spark arrester 1. Illegal operation. A person is guilty...
12 §9601-A. Prohibition on sale of equipment without spark arresters - §9601-A. Prohibition on sale of equipment without spark arresters No...
12 §9602. Obstruction of discontinued woods roads prohibited - §9602. Obstruction of discontinued woods roads prohibited A person, unless...
Subchapter 7: FOREST FIRE ADVISORY COUNCIL
12 §9621. Forest Fire Advisory Council (REPEALED) - §9621. Forest Fire Advisory Council (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983,...