The commissioner shall establish by rule a hunting season for male pheasants that disallows the taking of female pheasants in certain areas of the State.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. 3. Rulemaking. Immediately upon the effective date of this Act, the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall implement the provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 7472 by creating a fall hunting season for male pheasants that disallows the taking of female pheasants in Wildlife Management District 24 as defined in the agency rules of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.