Any person who wilfully injures, removes or displaces any range monument, signal, beacon, boundstone, post or buoy, or any part, appurtenance or enclosure thereof, erected, constructed or set by the Commissioner of Agriculture, or by his order, on the land or water of this state, for the purpose of designating, locating, surveying or mapping any shellfish grounds, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 5061; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 360; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 30; P.A. 78-334, S. 12; P.A. 96-180, S. 101, 166; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 141.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners with references to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 78-334 increased maximum fine from $100 to $150; P.A. 96-180 deleted “said” and inserted “the” before “Commissioner of Agriculture”, effective June 3, 1996; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 12-80 changed penalty from a fine of not more than $150 or imprisonment of not more than 90 days or both to a class D misdemeanor.