Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7133, sub-§5, śC, as amended by PL 1993, c. 574, §15, is further amended to read:

C. Notwithstanding section 7406, subsections 4 and subsection 5, any person who holds a valid trapping license may carry a firearm at any time during the open trapping season for the sole purpose of dispatching trapped animals.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7406, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 420, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7406, sub-§10, as amended by PL 1999, c. 127, Pt. D, §1, is further amended to read:

10. Illegal possession. A person is guilty of illegal possession of wild animals or wild birds if that person possesses any wild animal or wild bird taken in violation of subsection 4, 5, 6, 7, 9-A, 9-B, 13, 16 or 17 or Title 17-A, section 402, except as otherwise provided in chapters 701 to 721.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7945, as amended by PL 1997, c. 432, §58, is repealed.

SUMMARY

This bill repeals the law that prohibits hunting wild animals and wild birds on Sunday.