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C. Rules adopted under this subsection must establish an | | exit ratio between the number of individuals who declared | | that zone as their declared lobster zone in the year prior | | to the previous calendar year, but who did not declare that | | zone as their declared lobster zone in the previous | | calendar year, and the number of new zone entrants | | authorized under subsection 7. An exit ratio established | | by rule under this subsection is not required to be the | | same as the exit ratio proposed by the lobster management | | policy council. Rules adopted under this subsection may | | exempt from the requirements of this section an individual | | who became eligible for but who had not been issued a Class | | I, Class II or Class III license pursuant to section 6421, | | subsection 5, paragraph C or former paragraph H prior to | | January 1, 2000 and allow such an individual to declare the | | zone as that individual's declared lobster zone. |
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| | | Sec. 18. 12 MRSA §6749-X, sub-§3, ķA, as amended by PL 2001, c. 327, | | §18, is further amended to read: |
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| | | A. The designation of open days for the harvesting of sea | | urchins by handfishing, dragging, hand-raking and trapping | pursuant to section 6749-W or under | | section 6749; |
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| | | Sec. 19. 12 MRSA §7468, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2001, c. 655, §5 | | and affected by §20 and amended by c. 690, Pt. A, §12, is | | repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | 4.__Wild turkey hunting permits.__The fee for a wild turkey | | hunting permit is $10 for residents and $40 for nonresidents | | and aliens.__When a public chance drawing is utilized to | | allocate permits, any Maine resident, nonresident or alien who | | is eligible to obtain a Maine hunting license or who will be | | eligible to obtain a Maine hunting license by the opening day | | of the wild turkey hunting season is eligible to apply for a | | wild turkey hunting permit.__The percentage of total wild | | turkey permits issued to nonresident and alien hunters may not | | exceed the average percentage of applicants for wild turkey | | permits over the previous 3 years who were nonresidents and | | aliens and may not be more than 10% of the total wild turkey | | permits issued statewide.__While hunting turkey, a resident, | | nonresident or alien hunter must be in possession of a valid | | resident, nonresident or alien big game hunting license, as | | applicable. |
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| | | A person who holds a valid wild turkey permit may transfer the | | permit to a junior hunter or person 65 years of age or older | | by identifying the name, age and address of the transferee on | | the permit as well as any other information reasonably | | requested by |
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