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

 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7406, sub-§20, ¶D is enacted to read:

 
D.__Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 4:

 
(1)__The commissioner may authorize a private
landowner who owns a continuous piece of property
that is greater than 500 acres and located entirely
within unorganized territory to open that property on
Sunday to hunters permitted to hunt on Sunday under
this paragraph.__The commissioner may not authorize
Sunday hunting on any property that is not open to
hunting by the public and adjoins public property
defined as a park under section 1801 or established
pursuant to section 7651 or section 8003, subsection
3, paragraph N; and

 
(2)__The commissioner may issue Sunday hunting
permits to licensed hunters to hunt rabbit or grouse
during the regular open season on authorized private
property as described in subparagraph (1).__The
annual fee for a Sunday hunting permit is $15.__All
revenues raised pursuant to this paragraph must be
deposited in a dedicated account to be used only for
the purposes described in section 7035, subsection
13.

 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7901-A, sub-§6, ¶A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 610,
§3 and c. 667, Pt. B, §9, is repealed and the following
enacted in its place:

 
A.__Chapter 709, subchapter 1 violations:

 
(1)__Shooting at or near wildfowl decoys as described
in section 7406, subsection 11;

 
(2)__Hunting without hunter orange clothing as
described in section 7406, subsection 12;

 
(3)__Allowing a junior hunter to hunt without adult
supervision as described in section 7406, subsection
21;

 
(4)__Using an aircraft to aid or assist in hunting
big game as described in section 7406, subsection 24
if the violation does not involve the taking of a big
game animal;

 
(5)__Hunting on a state game farm as described in
section 7406, subsection 22;


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