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An Act To Clarify That Senior Lifetime Hunting Licenses Include the Right To Hunt Turkey
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10851, sub-§1, ¶D,  as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and as affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
 
D.  For a resident 70 years of age or older. A person who holds a valid senior lifetime license under this section upon turning 70 years of age may obtain at no cost a hunting license, fishing license, trapping license, archery license under section 11109, subsection 7, a pheasant hunting permit under section 11156, a muzzle-loading hunting license under section 11109, subsection 4, a migratory waterfowl permit under section 11157, a wild turkey hunting permit under section 11155 and a bear hunting permit under section 11151 and may renew at no cost a guide license under section 12853. A person who is 70 years of age or older may purchase a senior lifetime license that entitles the holder to all the privileges described in this paragraph for a one-time $8 fee.
 
SUMMARY
This bill clarifies that a senior lifetime hunting license includes the right to hunt turkey.