A. 
No person, except the Director of the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife or his or her agent or designee, as authorized pursuant to MGL c. 131, shall feed or bait any waterfowl of the family Anatidae (including but not restricted to ducks, geese and swans) on any public property within the Town of Plymouth. As used in this subsection, "feeding" and "baiting" shall mean the placing, exposing, depositing, distributing or scattering, directly or indirectly, of shelled, shucked or unshucked corn, wheat or other grains, bread, salt or any other feed or nutritive substances, in any manner or form, so as to constitute for such birds a lure, attraction or enticement to, on or over any such areas where such feed items have been placed, exposed, deposited, distributed or scattered.
B. 
Notwithstanding any of the above, the Director of the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife or his or her agent or designee may authorize the emergency feeding of waterfowl and other birds when, in his or her opinion, such action is necessary in order to alleviate undue losses and suffering of such birds due to unusual weather conditions and other circumstances. The Director may authorize such action by such means as he or she deems necessary and expedient, but such means shall include the immediate notification of the Select Board thereof by first-class mail.
[Amended 10-18-2025 ATM by Art. 10]
A. 
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall be subject to a fine of $20 for each offense thereof.
B. 
This article may be enforced by police officers, Shellfish Constables, the Harbor Master and Assistant Harbor Masters, agents of the Board of Health, other enforcement officers of the Division of Law Enforcement and other Town officials as designated by the Select Board.
C. 
This article may be enforced by any available means in law or equity, including but not limited to enforcement by noncriminal disposition pursuant to MGL c. 40, § 21D, and §§ 1-4 and 1-5 of the Town Code.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 23-18, Copies to state officers, of the 1999 Code, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 10-18-2025 ATM by Art. 10.