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LD 69 Title Page An Act to Expand the Lifetime Hunting License LD 69 Title Page
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LR 498
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. PL 1999, c. 690, §2 is amended to read:

 
Sec. 2. Adult lifetime hunting and fishing licenses. Adult resident lifetime
hunting and fishing licenses and adult resident combination
hunting and fishing licenses must be available on and after
January 1, 2006 to residents from 16 to 64 years of age. In
January of 2005, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
shall submit its recommendations on the fees for such licenses to
the joint standing committee of the Legislature having
jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters. Those
recommendations may include different fees for different adult
age groups and must include recommendations for an option of an
addition to this license permitting the license holder to hunt
with a bow and on fees for an optional adult supersport lifetime
hunting and fishing license for each recommended age group. The
joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction
over inland fisheries and wildlife matters may report out a bill
to the First Regular Session of the 122nd Legislature to
implement a fee structure for adult lifetime hunting and fishing
licenses.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill requires the Department of Inland Fisheries and
Wildlife to include in its recommendations for a lifetime hunting
and fishing license the feasibility of an addition to that
license allowing the license holder to hunt with a bow.


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