3. Hunting bear after having killed one. A person is guilty of hunting or trapping bear after having killed one if he that person hunts or traps bear after he that person has killed or registered one during any open season.

Sec. 24. 12 MRSA §7452, sub-§5, as repealed and replaced by PL 1987, c. 587, is amended to read:

5. Hunting bear near dumps. The commissioner, or the commissioner's agent, shall establish a line of demarcation at least 200 yards from sites permitted or licensed for the disposal of solid waste. A person is guilty of hunting or trapping bear near dumps if that person hunts, traps, molests or harasses bear or releases dogs for the purpose of hunting bear within this area. The commissioner, or the commissioner's agent, is exempt from this prohibition for the purpose of live trapping nuisance bears pursuant to section 7434, subsection 5.

Sec. 25. 12 MRSA §7452, sub-§15, ķA, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 543, §40, is repealed.

Sec. 26. 12 MRSA §7453-B, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 438, §30, is repealed.

Sec. 27. 12 MRSA §7454, as amended by PL 1991, c. 443, §25, is repealed.

Sec. 28. 12 MRSA §7461, as amended by PL 1997, c. 280, §1, is repealed.

Sec. 29. 12 MRSA §7462, as amended by PL 1979, c. 543, §49, is further amended to read:

§7462. Prohibited acts relating to hares and rabbits

1. Hunting hares or rabbits with prohibited device. A person is guilty of hunting hares or rabbits with a prohibited device if he that person:

A. Sets or uses any snares, traps or other devices in the hunting of wild hares or rabbits, except that trappers may take wild hares or rabbits by box traps solely for the purpose of selling them to the commissioner under section 7461, subsection 1; or

B. Hunts wild hares or rabbits in any manner, except the ordinary method of shooting with guns, shooting with a long bow and arrow or falconry.