HP0048
LD 61
Session - 128th Maine Legislature
H "A", Filing Number H-99, Sponsored by McCrea
LR 339
Item 3
Bill Tracking, Additional Documents Chamber Status

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

‘An Act To Allow Bird Hunting on Sundays on Certain Lands by Licensed Hunters Using a Shotgun’

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

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11205, sub-§1,  as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §137 and affected by §422, is further amended to read:

1. Prohibition.   A person may not:
A. Hunt wild animals or wild birds on Sunday; or
A-1 Except as provided in subsection 1-A, hunt wild birds on Sunday; or
B. Possess any wild animal or wild bird taken in violation of paragraph A or A-1 except as otherwise provided in this Part.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §11205, sub-§1-A  is enacted to read:

1-A Exception.   A person may hunt wild birds on Sunday with a shotgun if the person is carrying a map of the land on which the person is hunting and written permission to hunt on that land from the landowner.

summary

This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment allows a licensed hunter to hunt wild birds on Sundays with a shotgun if the hunter is carrying a map and the landowner's written permission to hunt.


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