CHAPTER 54

H.P. 352 - L.D. 460

An Act To Encourage Dog Tracking of Wounded Big Game

Animals

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7101, sub-§5, śN, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 467, §1 and affected by §5, is amended to read:

N. License to use

leashed dogs to track

wounded deer (Permits a

person to use one or more

leashed dogs to track a

lawfully wounded deer, moose or

bear) $25

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7112 is enacted to read:

§7112.__Tracking wounded animals with leashed dogs; fee for

services

A person who holds a valid license issued under section 7101, subsection 5, paragraph N to use leashed dogs to track wounded big game animals may charge a fee for dog tracking services.__ Notwithstanding section 7001, subsection 13, a person is not a guide if the only services that person charges a fee for are dog tracking services pursuant to this section.