Sec. 21. 12 MRSA §7076, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 403, §3 and c. 480, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

1.__Residents over 70 years of age.__A complimentary license to hunt, trap or fish, including an archery license under section 7102-A or 7102-B, a pheasant hunting permit under section 7106-B, a muzzle-loading hunting license under section 7107-A, a migratory waterfowl permit under section 7109 and a bear hunting permit under section 7110 must be issued to any resident of Maine who is 70 years of age or older upon application to the commissioner.__These complimentary licenses, upon issuance, remain valid for the remainder of the life of the license holder, provided the license holder continues to satisfy the residency requirements set out in section 7001, subsection 32 and provided the license is not revoked or suspended.__Residents who apply for these complimentary licenses 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this subsection no longer satisfies the residency requirements set out in section 7001, subsection 32, the license is no longer valid and further use of the license for purposes of hunting, fishing or trapping constitutes a license violation under section 7371, subsection 3.

Sec. 22. 12 MRSA §7105, sub-§2, as repealed by PL 1999, c. 325, §1 and amended by c. 403, §8, is repealed.

Sec. 23. 12 MRSA §7464, sub-§3, śC, as amended by PL 1999, c. 322, §13 and c. 403, §25, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

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.