HP1083
LD 1593
Session - 127th Maine Legislature
C "A", Filing Number H-573, Sponsored by
LR 2626
Item 2
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:

‘An Act To Make Hunting, Fishing and Trapping the Basis of Managing Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Resources’

Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10051, first ¶,  as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:

The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is established to preserve, protect and enhance the inland fisheries and wildlife resources of the State; to encourage the wise use of these resources; to ensure coordinated planning for the future use and preservation of these resources; and to provide for effective management of these resources ; and to use regulated hunting, fishing and trapping as the basis for the management of these resources whenever feasible.’

summary

Current law provides that the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is established to preserve, protect, enhance and effectively manage the inland fisheries and wildlife resources of the State. This amendment adds using regulated hunting, fishing and trapping as the basis for the management of these resources whenever feasible.


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