| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §1331, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 765, §1, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 2. License. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and | Rural Resources may issue a license for the propagation, | possession, purchase or sale of domesticated deer and for the | sale of meat from domesticated deer. Any holder of such a | license may raise domesticated deer at any season of the year | for purposes of propagation. Appropriate certification must | accompany any meat from domestic deer offered for sale. The | fee for the license is $20 a year. Except as provided in | section 1346, license License fees must be deposited in the | Animal Industry Fund established in section 1332. |
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| | Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §1332, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 765, §2, is | amended to read: |
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| §1332. Animal Industry Fund |
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| | The Treasurer of State shall establish a separate account | known as the Animal Industry Fund. This fund does not lapse | but must be carried forward. Except as provided in section | 1346, license License fees collected under section 1331, | subsection 2 and license and tagging fees collected under | section 1342, subsections 3 and 4 must be deposited in the | account. Funds from this account may be used to pay for | administrative costs associated with licenses issued under | sections section 1331 and 1342, tags issued under section 1342 | and other costs associated with administration and enforcement | of this chapter and chapter 202-A. |
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| | Sec. 3. 7 MRSA c. 202-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 765, §3, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 4. 7 MRSA §1751, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2001, c. 572, §23, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 2. Domestic animals. "Domestic animals" means cattle, | equines, goats, sheep, swine, cats, dogs, domesticated | cervidae or other domesticated animals; large game as defined | in section 1341, subsection 5; and poultry. |
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| | Sec. 5. 7 MRSA §4011, sub-§1, ¶G, as amended by PL 2001, c. 617, §9, | is further amended to read: |
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| G. Hunts, traps or sells for the purpose of hunting any | animal, except as permitted pursuant to Title 7, chapter | 202-A and Title 12, Part 10; |
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