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

 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10308, sub-§5, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt.
A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:

 
C. The board shall submit an annual report to the Governor
and the joint standing committees of the Legislature having
jurisdiction over energy matters, natural resources matters
and inland fisheries and wildlife matters. In the annual
report, the board shall detail expenditures made from the
fund and the board's progress in implementing the strategic
plan.

 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §10502, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 2003, c. 592, §1
and affected by §5; c. 614, §9; and c. 655, Pt. C, §§5 and 6, is
further amended to read:

 
B. A firearm, a bow and arrow, archery equipment and
hunting equipment seized in connection with a violation of:

 
(1) Section 11206;

 
(2) Section 10902, subsection 6; or

 
(3) Section 10752, subsection 6, paragraph B and
section 10902, subsection 4, paragraphs A and B;

 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §10853, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A,
§2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:

 
4. Resident disabled veteran. A resident disabled veteran
may apply to the commissioner for one or more of the following
complimentary permits and licenses: a license to hunt with a
firearm, a license to trap, a license to fish, archery hunting
licenses as provided in section 11109, subsection 7, a pheasant
hunting permit as provided in section 11156 and, a muzzle-loading
hunting license permit as provided in section 11109, subsection
4, a migratory waterfowl permit under section 11157 and a bear
hunting permit under section 11151. The commissioner shall issue
the permit, or permits or license or licenses requested under
this subsection if the commissioner determines the applicant is a
resident disabled veteran and is not otherwise ineligible to hold
that permit or license. For the purposes of this subsection,
"resident disabled veteran" means a person who:

 
A. Is a resident as defined in section 10001, subsection
53;

 
B. Is a veteran as defined in Title 37-B, section 505,
subsection 2, paragraph A, subparagraph (3); and


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