| | This bill makes several changes in the laws involving the | Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. |
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| | 1. In the law governing accident reports by whitewater trip | outfitters, it changes the amount of property damage requiring | a report from $100 to $1,000, which is consistent with other | reporting requirements for boating, and clarifies that the | reporting requirement for medical attention is for | professional medical attention. |
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| | 2. It repeals laws requiring the department to publish | lists of bear and deer registration stations in a daily | newspaper. |
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| | 3. It repeals the requirement that if rulemaking is | necessary to shorten the open season on deer, regulate the | taking of antlerless deer or create special hunting seasons, | the determination must be made and published by a certain | date. |
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| | 4. It repeals the requirement that the disabled hunter, | trapper and angler advisory committee have a licensed | physician as a member. |
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| | 5. It establishes the Becoming an Outdoors Woman program as | a program within the department. |
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| | 6. It authorizes the department to issue complimentary | fishing licenses to persons with acquired brain injury. |
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| | 7. It amends the law regarding deer tags so that the | department has flexibility in how the tag is issued. |
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| | 8. It authorizes the department to sell extra copies of the | Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, chapters 701 to 721, as | prepared and printed by the department to help offset the cost | of printing. |
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| | 9. It repeals the requirements that a trespass reminder and | convicted felon statement be printed on licenses. |
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| | 10. It establishes a reinstatement fee for licenses that | are suspended for failure to comply with court-ordered support | under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 19-A, section 2201. |
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| | 11. It requires that bait and baitfish be sold in | containers that are composed in whole of biodegradable paper | or cardboard. |
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