CHAPTER 137
H.P. 810 - L.D. 1098
An Act to Facilitate Implementation of an Automated Hunters' and Anglers' Data Base System for Hunting and Fishing Licenses and Registrations
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7071, sub-§8, as repealed and replaced by PL 1995, c. 455, §2, is amended to read:
8. Trespass reminder. The following notice must be printed on each hunting and fishing license: This license document does not authorize you to enter private property without permission.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7072, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 819, Pt. A, §23, is repealed.
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7073, sub-§3-A, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 459, §2 and affected by §3, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
3-A. Statement of right to possess firearms. An applicant for any license or permit that authorizes a person to hunt with a firearm shall sign the following written statement.
I CERTIFY THAT EITHER I AM NOT A CONVICTED FELON OR THAT I AM A CONVICTED FELON WITH A PERMIT TO CARRY A FIREARM. BY MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS ON THIS DOCUMENT, I REALIZE I AM COMMITTING A CLASS D CRIME PUNISHABLE UNDER MAINE LAW.
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7073, sub-§6 is enacted to read:
6. Stamps. Whenever a license or permit to hunt is in the form of a stamp, the licensee shall affix the stamp to the licensee's hunting license and validate it by signing the licensee's name across the face of the stamp.
Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §7076, sub-§12-A is enacted to read:
12-A. Supersport. A person may be designated as a supersport by obtaining a supersport certificate from the commissioner or the commissioner's agent for a fee of $15.
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §7101, sub-§5-A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 436, §3, is repealed.
Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §7102-A, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 24, §3 and affected by §7, is repealed.
Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §7106-B, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 462, Pt. A, §35 and affected by §92, is amended to read:
1. Issuance. The commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent may issue a pheasant hunting permit in the form of a stamp to applicants 16 years of age or older permitting them to hunt or possess pheasants in Cumberland County and York County. A person under 16 years of age may hunt or possess pheasants in accordance with chapters 701 to 721, except that a person under 16 years of age is not required to purchase or carry a pheasant hunting permit in order to hunt or possess pheasants.
Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §7106-B, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 462, Pt. A, §35 and affected by §92, is repealed.
Sec. 10. 12 MRSA §7107-A, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 455, §8, is repealed.
Sec. 11. 12 MRSA §7109, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 807, Pt. L, §2, is amended to read:
1. Issuance of permit. The commissioner or his the commissioner's authorized agent shall issue a migratory waterfowl hunting permit in the form of a stamp to applicants 16 years of age or older permiting permitting them to hunt or possess migratory waterfowl. Persons under 16 years of age may, without a permit, hunt or possess migratory waterfowl in accordance with chapters 701 to 721.
Sec. 12. 12 MRSA §7109, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 807, Pt. L, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 13. 12 MRSA §7133, sub-§4-A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 436, §4, is repealed.
Sec. 14. 12 MRSA §7151, sub-§5-A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 436, §5, is repealed.
See title page for effective date.
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