(1) Ten dollars for a one-chance application;

(2) Twenty dollars for a 3-chance application; and

(3) Thirty dollars for a 6-chance application.

(4)__Thirty dollars and fifty cents for the applicant; and

(5)__Thirty dollars and fifty cents for the subpermittee-designate.

Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §7463-A, sub-§13, as amended by PL 1995, c. 455, §34, is repealed.

Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §7463-A, sub-§13-A is enacted to read:

13-A.__Providing funding for youth conservation education programs.__To provide for youth conservation programs:

A.__Fifty cents from all resident and nonresident moose hunting applications must be dedicated to youth conservation education programs; and

B.__All revenues derived from the application fees under this subsection must be deposited into a special nonlapsing account within the department, and that fund must be used to pay the cost of administration and to fund youth conservation education programs.

The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary for the proper administration, implementation, enforcement and interpretation of this subsection.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.

Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §7463-A, sub-§14, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 432, §46, is repealed.

SUMMARY

This bill amends the moose hunting statutes to allow the number of permits to hunt moose to be based on current information available rather than set limits. It also changes the fee amounts for the permits and applications, as well as