An Act To Remove Prior-operation Requirements for Commercial Large Game Shooting Area Licensing
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §1342, 2nd ¶, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 765, §3, is repealed.
Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §1342, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 765, §3, is amended to read:
1. Application. An applicant for a commercial large game shooting area license must submit an application on a form provided by the commissioner along with the required license fee as provided under subsection 3. An application must be submitted for a specific parcel of land , and the applicant must demonstrate in accordance with subsection 9 that the applicant has operated a commercial large game shooting area on that parcel of land between October 1, 1999 and March 15, 2000. The application must include the name and address of the person applying for the license and a map locating the proposed site in relation to known or easily identifiable terrain features, such as a road junction or a stream and road junction. The map must be a copy of a 7.5 or 15 minute series topographical map produced by the United States Geological Survey or a map of equivalent or superior detail in the location of roads.
Sec. 3. 7 MRSA §1342, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 765, §3, is repealed.
SUMMARY
This bill removes the provisions that prevent any person who did not operate a commercial large game shooting area between October 1, 1999 and March 15, 2000 from obtaining a license to operate a commercial large game shooting area.