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LD 185 Title Page An Act to Allow Residents 70 Years of Age or Older to Hunt Any Deer LD 185 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7076, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2001, c. 690, Pt. B,
§1 and affected by §5, is further amended to read:

 
1. Residents over 70 years of age. A complimentary license
to hunt, trap or fish, including an archery license under
section 7102-A, a pheasant hunting permit under section 7106-
B, a muzzle-loading hunting license under section 7107-A, a
migratory waterfowl permit under section 7109, an antlerless
deer permit under section 7457 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out in section 7001, subsection 32, the license is no longer
valid and further use of the license for purposes of hunting,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.

 
Beginning January 1, 2006, the department may not issue a
complimentary license to a resident over 70 years of age. A
complimentary license issued to a resident over 70 years of
age prior to January 1, 2006 is valid as long as the holder of
the license satisfies the residency requirements set out in
section 7001, subsection 32.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill allows residents 70 years of age or older to hunt
any deer.


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