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C. Rules adopted under this subsection must establish an
exit ratio between the number of individuals who declared
that zone as their declared lobster zone in the year prior
to the previous calendar year, but who did not declare that
zone as their declared lobster zone in the previous
calendar year, and the number of new zone entrants
authorized under subsection 7. An exit ratio established
by rule under this subsection is not required to be the
same as the exit ratio proposed by the lobster management
policy council. Rules adopted under this subsection may
exempt from the requirements of this section an individual
who became eligible for but who had not been issued a Class
I, Class II or Class III license pursuant to section 6421,
subsection 5, paragraph C or former paragraph H prior to
January 1, 2000 and allow such an individual to declare the
zone as that individual's declared lobster zone.

 
Sec. 18. 12 MRSA §6749-X, sub-§3, ķA, as amended by PL 2001, c. 327,
§18, is further amended to read:

 
A. The designation of open days for the harvesting of sea
urchins by handfishing, dragging, hand-raking and trapping
pursuant to section 6749-W or under rules adopted under
section 6749;

 
Sec. 19. 12 MRSA §7468, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2001, c. 655, §5
and affected by §20 and amended by c. 690, Pt. A, §12, is
repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
4.__Wild turkey hunting permits.__The fee for a wild turkey
hunting permit is $10 for residents and $40 for nonresidents
and aliens.__When a public chance drawing is utilized to
allocate permits, any Maine resident, nonresident or alien who
is eligible to obtain a Maine hunting license or who will be
eligible to obtain a Maine hunting license by the opening day
of the wild turkey hunting season is eligible to apply for a
wild turkey hunting permit.__The percentage of total wild
turkey permits issued to nonresident and alien hunters may not
exceed the average percentage of applicants for wild turkey
permits over the previous 3 years who were nonresidents and
aliens and may not be more than 10% of the total wild turkey
permits issued statewide.__While hunting turkey, a resident,
nonresident or alien hunter must be in possession of a valid
resident, nonresident or alien big game hunting license, as
applicable.

 
A person who holds a valid wild turkey permit may transfer the
permit to a junior hunter or person 65 years of age or older
by identifying the name, age and address of the transferee on
the permit as well as any other information reasonably
requested by


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