An Act Regarding the Penalties for Hunting Deer over Bait
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10902, sub-§7-C, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 202, §1, is amended to read:
B. For a 2nd offense, the person is permanently ineligible to obtain a hunting license for a period of 2 years from the date of conviction.
SUMMARY
Current law provides that a person who is convicted a 2nd time of hunting deer over bait during an open season on deer is permanently ineligible to obtain a hunting license. This bill changes that permanent ineligibility to an ineligibility period of 2 years.