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at any time during the calendar year of their 70th birthday must be | | issued a license upon application, regardless of the actual date | | during that calendar year in which they attain age 70. A guide | | license may be renewed without charge for any resident of Maine who | | is 70 years of age or older upon application to the commissioner. | | The application must be accompanied by a birth certificate or other | | certified evidence of the applicant's date of birth and residency. | | When the holder of a license issued under this subsection no longer | | satisfies the residency requirements set out in section 7001, | | subsection 32, the license is no longer valid and further use of | the license for purposes of hunting,or trapping | | constitutes a license violation under section 7371, subsection 3. |
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| | | Sec. 10. 12 MRSA §7077, sub-§1-A, ¶F, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 136, | | §1, is amended to read: |
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| | F. Hunting or trapping | | exceeding the bag limit on bear or buying or selling bear in | | violation of section 7452, subsection 3, 4 or 9; |
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| | | Sec. 11. 12 MRSA §7077-A, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 346, §11, | | is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 12. 12 MRSA §7110, sub-§1, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, | | c. 878, Pt. A, §34, is amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Permit required. A permit is required to hunt for bear | | from the first Monday preceding September 1st to the day | preceding the open firearm season on deer. This section does not | apply to trapping for bear. |
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| | | Sec. 13. 12 MRSA c. 707, sub-c. III, as amended, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 14. 12 MRSA §7377, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1985, c. 78 and c. | | 506, Pt. A, §15, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 15. 12 MRSA §7431, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 420, §1, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 16. 12 MRSA §7432, as amended by PL 1997, c. 283, §§1 to 3, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 17. 12 MRSA §§7433 to 7435 are enacted to read: |
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| | | §7433.__Prohibition on trapping; trading furs |
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| | | 1.__Prohibition.__A person may not: |
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| | | A.__Trap a fur-bearing animal, except for a mouse or a rat | | and as provided in subsection 2 or section 7434; |
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