Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7079-C is enacted to read:

§7909-C.__Duty to exhibit a license or permit

A person who holds a license or permit issued under chapters 701 to 721 shall, while engaged in the licensed activity or while transporting fish, wild animals or wild birds:

1.__Carry license or permit.__Have on that person that license or permit; and

2.__Exhibit license or permit.__Exhibit that license or permit upon request to a warden or other law enforcement officer, an employee of the department or the owner of the land on which the licensed activity is taking place.

A person who violates this section is guilty of failure to exhibit a license.__Failure to exhibit a license is a Class E crime.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7106-B, sub-§4, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 462, Pt. A, §35 and affected by §92, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7109, sub-§4, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 807, Pt. L, §2, is repealed.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7110, sub-§4, ¶B, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, c. 878, Pt. A, §34, is repealed.

Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §7151, sub-§7, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 420, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §7406, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 420, §1, is repealed.

SUMMARY

This bill requires a person holding a license or permit issued by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to keep that license or permit on that person's person while engaged in the licensed activity or while transporting fish, wild animals or wild birds. The bill also requires the person to exhibit that license or permit upon request to a warden or other law enforcement officer, an employee of the department or the owner of the land on which the licensed activity is taking place.