Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7105, sub-§5 is enacted to read:

5.__Residents over 70 years of age.__The commissioner may issue a free special commercial shooting area hunting license to any resident of the State 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 a 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.__A resident who applies for a complimentary license at any time during the calendar year of that resident's 70th birthday must be issued a license upon application, regardless of the actual date during that calendar year in which that resident attains 70 years of age.__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this subsection no longer satisfies the residency requirements set out in section 7001, subsection 32, the license is no longer valid and further use of the license for purposes of hunting in a commercial shooting area constitutes a license violation under section 7371, subsection 3.

SUMMARY

This bill allows the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to issue free special commercial shooting area hunting licenses to residents of the State who are 70 years of age or older.