Sec. 13. 12 MRSA §7464, sub-§3, ¶C, as amended by PL 1981, c. 118, §4, is further amended to read:

C. The person who killed the moose does not accompany the moose while it is being moved or transported or allows the moose to be transported while accompanied by another person without obtaining the transportation permit required under section 7531; or

Sec. 14. 12 MRSA §7531, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 420, §1, is amended to read:

§7531. Transportation by residents

Any resident may transport to his home any wild animal or wild bird which he that that resident has killed and which that is legally in his possession possessed, provided he that that resident is properly licensed and has met all other requirements of chapters 701 to 721. A resident may have any lawfully harvested wild animal or wild bird transported to a location other than that person's home without accompanying the wild animal or wild bird by obtaining a transportation permit from any game warden.__There is no fee for a permit issued under this section.

SUMMARY

This bill repeals the $55 fee on residents who transport their deer or bear out of State, repeals the $5 fee to have someone else transport those animals in this State and eliminates the requirement that nonresident hunters obtain a nonresident transportation permit before transporting a deer or bear out of State using someone other than a Maine licensed transportation company.