| | | 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 on | | Sunday to hunters permitted to hunt on Sunday under | | this paragraph.__The commissioner may not authorize | | Sunday hunting on any property that is not open to | | hunting by the public and 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 licensed hunters to hunt rabbit or grouse | | during the regular open season on authorized private | | property as described in subparagraph (1).__The | | annual 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 amended by PL 2001, c. 610, | | §3 and c. 667, Pt. B, §9, is repealed and the following | | enacted in its place: |
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| | | A.__Chapter 709, subchapter 1 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; |
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| | | (3)__Allowing a junior hunter to hunt without adult | | supervision as described in section 7406, subsection | | 21; |
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| | | (4)__Using an aircraft to aid or assist in hunting | | big game as described in section 7406, subsection 24 | | if the violation does not involve the taking of a big | | game animal; |
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| | | (5)__Hunting on a state game farm as described in | | section 7406, subsection 22; |
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