LD 126
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subpermittee-designate at the time the applicant is issued a moose
permit under subsection 7. The permittee may authorize the
alternate subpermittee-designate to participate in the hunt in
place of the subpermittee-designate if the permittee notifies the
department of the authorization at least 5 business days prior to
the first day of the moose season, in which case, the alternate
subpermittee-designate becomes the subpermittee. The permittee may
choose not to authorize a subpermittee to participate in the hunt,
but a subpermittee must always be in the presence of the permittee
while hunting moose. A subpermittee is not in the presence of the
permittee if contact between the permittee and the subpermittee
requires visual or audio enhancement devices, including binoculars
or citizen band radios. A permittee may hunt moose with no more
than one authorized subpermittee.

 
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble,
this Act takes effect when approved.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill gives the Department of Inland Fisheries and
Wildlife the authority to issue up to 3,000 moose permits per
year beginning in 1999 and further allows moose lottery
permittees to name subpermittees at the time that the permit is
issued.


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