Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7072, sub-§5 is enacted to read:

5. Transaction fees.__Except as otherwise provided in this Part, a clerk or other agent appointed by the commissioner under this section to issue licenses or permits shall charge a fee of $2 per transaction when issuing one or more of the following:

A.__Any type of hunting license as described in section 7101;

B.__Any type of archery hunting license as described in section 7102-A;

C.__A pheasant hunting permit as described in section 7106-B;

D.__Any type of muzzle-loading license as described in section 7107-A;

E.__Any type of trapping license as described in section 7133; or

F.__Any type of fishing license as described in section 7151.

When an employee of the department issues a license or permit listed above, the commissioner may charge a fee of $1 per transaction.

For purposes of this subsection, "transaction" means a single event in which one or more licenses or permits are issued to a given person.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7101, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 168, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7102-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 24, §3 and affected by §7, is repealed.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7102-A, sub-§6, śC, as amended by PL 2001, c. 387, §9, is further amended to read:

C. The commissioner shall by rule establish a special archery season beginning at least 30 days prior and extending to the beginning of the regular deer hunting season, as described in section 7457, subsection 1, paragraph A, for the purpose of hunting deer with bow and arrow only. During the special archery season on deer, the following restrictions apply.