Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §1342, 2nd ¶, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 765, §3, is amended to read:

The Commissioner commissioner may issue a license under this chapter only to a person who operated a commercial large game shooting area during the period beginning October 1, 1999 and ending March 15, 2000 2001 and only for large game offered for harvesting within that area during that time period.

Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §1342, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 765, §3, is amended to read:

1. Application. An applicant for a commercial large game shooting area license must submit an application on a form provided by the commissioner along with the required license fee as provided under subsection 3. An application must be submitted for a specific parcel of land, and the applicant must demonstrate in accordance with subsection 9 that the applicant has operated a commercial large game shooting area on that parcel of land between October 1, 1999 and March 15, 2000 2001. The application must include the name and address of the person applying for the license and a map locating the proposed site in relation to known or easily identifiable terrain features, such as a road junction or a stream and road junction. The map must be a copy of a 7.5 or 15 minute series topographical map produced by the United States Geological Survey or a map of equivalent or superior detail in the location of roads.

SUMMARY

This bill expands the time period during which a person who wishes to obtain a commercial large game shooting area license must have operated a commercial large game shooting area from October 1, 1999 to March 15, 2000 to October 1, 1999 to March 15, 2001.