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permit under subsection 9, the subpermittee-designate becomes a
subpermittee and the permittee may authorize the subpermittee to
participate in the moose hunt with the permittee.__The permittee
may authorize the alternate subpermittee-designate to participate
in the hunt in place of the subpermittee-designate if the
permittee notifies the department of the authorization at least 5
business days prior to the first day of the moose season, in
which case the alternate subpermittee-designate becomes the
subpermittee.__The permittee may choose not to authorize a
subpermittee to participate in the hunt.

 
8.__Point system for public chance drawing.__The department
shall adopt rules to allow a person to accumulate one point for
each consecutive year that person purchases an application for a
moose hunting permit but is not selected to receive a permit.__
Each point entitles that applicant to one chance in the public
chance drawing.__A person's accumulated points are eliminated if,
in any year, that person is selected to receive a permit or that
person fails to purchase a new chance.__Rules adopted under this
subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5,
chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

 
9.__Selection procedure. Permittees are selected by a public
chance drawing.

 
10.__Questionnaire. Each permittee shall complete a
questionnaire, to be provided by the commissioner, and return
this questionnaire to the commissioner within a period of 10 days
after the close of the moose hunting season.

 
11.__Auction of moose hunting permits to fund youth
conservation education programs.__Notwithstanding subsection 1,
the commissioner may issue not more than 5 moose hunting permits
each year through public auction in accordance with this
subsection.

 
A.__Each moose hunting permit issued under this subsection
must be awarded through public auction to the applicant who
submits the highest bid.

 
B.__A person who applies for a moose hunting permit under
this subsection is subject to the eligibility provisions of
subsection 5, except that a successful applicant is not
required to wait 2 years in order to obtain another permit.

 
C.__An eligible person wishing to apply for a permit under
this subsection shall submit a written application in such
form as the commissioner may require.__The application must
be accompanied by a bidding fee of $25, which, except as
otherwise provided in paragraph D, may not be refunded.__The


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