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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7001, sub-§11, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 420, §1, is
amended to read:

 
11. Fly. "Fly" means a single pointed hook dressed with
feathers, hair, thread, tinsel, or any similar material to which
no additional weights, hook, spinner, spoon or similar device is
added.

 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7001, sub-§12, as amended by PL 1985, c. 369, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
12. Fly fishing. "Fly fishing" means casting upon water and
retrieving in the usual and ordinary a manner not in which the
weight of the line casts the fly.__No more than 3 unbaited
artificial flies individually attached to a line to which no
extra weight has been added may be used.

 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7001, sub-§33-D, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 443, §4, is
amended to read:

 
33-D. Single-baited hook. "Single-baited hook" means up to 3
hooks attached together or in tandem to the end of a line and
baited as a single baited apparatus designed to catch only one
fish at a time.

 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7001, sub-§38-A, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 443, §4,
is amended to read:

 
38-A. Troll. "Troll" means to fish by trailing a line rigged
to catch fish through or over the water behind a watercraft being
propelled by mechanical, wind or manual power.

 
Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §7101, sub-§5, ¶H-1, as amended by PL 1995, c. 667, Pt.
A, §18, is further amended to read:

 
H-1. Nonresident 3-day

 
small game hunting license,

 
valid for 3 consecutive

 
hunting days (Permits

 
hunting of all legal

 
species except deer,

 
bear, turkey, moose,

 
raccoon and bobcat)

 
(Valid for the 72-hour

 
period specified on the

 
license) 0 0 $30 $30

 
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §7151, sub-§5, ¶¶E and J, as repealed and replaced by PL
1993, c. 419, §13, are amended to read:


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