Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7076, sub-§4-B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 690, Pt. B, §2 and affected by §5, is further amended to read:

4-B. Resident disabled veteran. A resident disabled veteran may apply to the commissioner for one or more of the following complimentary permits and licenses: a license to hunt with a firearm, a license to trap, a license to fish, archery hunting licenses as provided in section 7102-A, a pheasant hunting permit as provided in section 7106-B and, a muzzle-loading hunting license as provided in section 7107-A and a primitive muzzle-loading hunting license as provided in section 7107-B. The commissioner shall issue the permit, license or licenses requested under this subsection if the commissioner determines the applicant is a resident disabled veteran and is not otherwise ineligible to hold that permit or license. For the purposes of this subsection, "resident disabled veteran" means a person who:

A. Is a resident as defined in section 7001, subsection 32;

B. Is a veteran as defined in Title 37-B, section 505, subsection 1, paragraph A, subparagraph (5); and

C. Has a service-connected disability evaluated at:

(1) One hundred percent; or

(2) Seventy percent or more as a result of honorable military service and who has served in a combat zone during any armed conflict in which participants were exposed to war risk hazards as defined in 42 United States Code, Section 1711 (b).

Each application must be accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the applicant meets the requirements of this subsection. A permit or license issued under this subsection remains valid for the life of the permit or license holder, as long as the permit or license holder continues to satisfy the residency requirement in section 7001, subsection 32 and the permit or license is not revoked or suspended.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7107-B is enacted to read: