| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7406, sub-§20, ¶D is enacted to read: |
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| | | D.__Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 4: |
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| | | (1)__The commissioner may authorize a private landowner | | who owns a continuous piece of property that is greater | | than 500 acres and located entirely within unorganized | | territory to open that property to hunters licensed to | | hunt on Sunday.__The commissioner may not authorize | | Sunday hunting on any property that adjoins public | | property defined as a park under section 1801 or | | established pursuant to section 7651 or section 8003, | | subsection 3, paragraph N; and |
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| | | (2)__The commissioner may issue Sunday hunting permits | | to hunt rabbit or grouse during the regular open season | | on authorized private property as described in | | subparagraph (1).__The fee for a Sunday hunting permit | | is $15.__All revenues raised pursuant to this paragraph | | must be deposited in a dedicated account to be used | | only for the purposes described in section 7035, | | subsection 13. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7901-A, sub-§6, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 421, Pt. | | B, §88 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is amended to read: |
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| | | A. Chapter 709, subchapter I violations: |
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| | | (1) Shooting at or near wildfowl decoys as described | | in section 7406, subsection 11; |
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| | | (2) Hunting without hunter orange clothing as | described in section 7406, subsection 12; and |
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| | | (3) Allowing a junior hunter to hunt without adult | | supervision as described in section 7406, subsection | | 21; and |
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| | | (4)__A landowner's allowing Sunday hunting on that | | landowner's property without prior authorization of the | | commissioner as described in 7406, subsection 20, | | paragraph D; |
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| | | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7901-A, sub-§7, ¶F is enacted to read: |
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| | | F.__The following violation is a Class E crime for which the | | court shall impose a fine of not less than $75, none of | | which may be suspended: |
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