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LD 189
Session - 128th Maine Legislature
 
LR 336
Item 1
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

An Act To Allow Bird Hunting on Sunday in Aroostook County and Unorganized Townships in Western Maine

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11205, sub-§1,  as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §137 and affected by §422, is further amended to read:

1. Prohibition.   A person may not:
A.  Hunt wild animals or wild birds on Sunday; or
A-1 Hunt wild birds on Sunday except in Aroostook County and in unorganized townships in the counties of Piscataquis, Somerset, Franklin, Oxford, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Androscoggin, Cumberland and York; or
B.  Possess any wild animal or wild bird taken in violation of paragraph A or A-1 except as otherwise provided in this Part.

summary

This bill creates an exception to the prohibition against hunting wild birds on Sunday. The bill allows hunting wild birds on Sunday in Aroostook County and in unorganized townships in the counties of Piscataquis, Somerset, Franklin, Oxford, Kennebec, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Androscoggin, Cumberland and York.


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