Code of Maine Rules › 09 - DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE › 137 - DEPARTMENT OF INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE - GENERAL › Chapter 15 - INTERSTATE WILDLIFE VIOLATORS COMPACT › Section 137-15-01 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
The following definitions apply for the purposes of the
				  implementation of the compact:
1.
				"Citation" means any summons, complaint, ticket, penalty assessment, or other
				official document issued by a wildlife officer or other law enforcement officer
				for a wildlife violation containing an order which requires the person to
				respond.
2. "Collateral" means any
				cash or other security deposited to secure an appearance for trial in
				connection with the issuance by a wildlife officer or other law enforcement
				officer of a citation for a wildlife violation.
3. "Compliance" with respect to a citation
				means the act of answering the citation through appearance at a court, a
				tribunal, or payment of fines, costs, and surcharges, if any, or both such
				appearance and payment.
4.
				"Conviction" means a conviction or adjudication, including any court
				conviction, of any offense related to the preservation, protection, management,
				or restoration of wildlife which is prohibited by state statute, rule, or other
				relevant law, or a forfeiture of bail, bond, or other security deposited to
				secure the appearance by a person charged with having committed any such
				offense, or payment of a penalty assessment, or a plea of nolo contendere, or
				the imposition of a deferred or suspended sentence by the court.
5. "Court" means a court of law.
6. "Home state" means the state of primary
				residence of a person.
7. "Issuing
				state" means the party state which issues a wildlife citation to the
				violator.
8. "License" means any
				license, permit, or other public document that conveys to the person to whom it
				was issued the privilege of pursuing, possessing, or taking any wildlife
				regulated by statute, rule, or other relevant law of a party state.
9. "Licensing authority" means the department
				within each party state authorized by law to issue or approve licenses or
				permits to hunt, fish, trap, or possess wildlife.
10. "Party state" means any state which
				enacts legislation to become a member of the wildlife compact.
11. "Personal recognizance" means an
				agreement by a person made at the time of issuance of the wildlife citation
				that the person will comply with the terms of that citation.
12. "State" means any state, territory, or
				possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
				Puerto Rico, provinces of Canada, or other countries.
13. "Suspension" means any revocation,
				denial, or withdrawal of any or all license privileges or rights, including the
				privilege or right to apply for, purchase, or exercise the benefits conferred
				by any license.
14. "Terms of the
				citation" means those conditions and options expressly stated upon the
				citation.
15. "Wildlife" means all
				species of animals, including but not necessarily limited to mammals, birds,
				fish, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks, and crustaceans, which are defined as
				"wildlife" and are protected or otherwise regulated by statute, rule, or other
				relevant law in a party state. "Wildlife" also means food fish and shellfish as
				defined by statute, rule, or other relevant law in a party state. Species
				included in the definition of "wildlife" vary from state to state and
				determination of whether a species is "wildlife" for the purposes of this
				compact shall be based on state law.
16. "Wildlife law" means any statute, law,
				regulation, ordinance, or administrative rule developed and enacted to manage
				wildlife resources and the use thereof.
17. "Wildlife officer" means any individual
				authorized by a party state to issue a citation for a wildlife
				violation.
18. "Wildlife violation"
				means any cited violation of a statute, rule, or other relevant law developed
				and enacted to manage wildlife resources and the use
				thereof.