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| 9. Fiscal Stability Program. The Fiscal Stability Program is | | established to ensure that the general public and hunters and | | anglers share the cost of the fish and wildlife conservation | | programs of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. To | achieve this goal, beginning with the 2004-2005 | | biennial budget and for each biennial budget thereafter, the | | biennial budget submitted by the executive branch must include a | | General Fund appropriation of 18% of the department's requested | | biennial budget. General Fund appropriations to the Fiscal | | Stability Program may not be considered to be amounts | | appropriated to the department under the Constitution of Maine, | | Article IX, Section 22. |
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| | | Sec. L-3. 12 MRSA §7101, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1999, c. 321, §5 | | and c. 467, §1 and affected by §5, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. L-4. 12 MRSA §7101, sub-§5-B is enacted to read: |
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| | | 5-B.__Schedule of fees.__The schedule of fees is as follows: |
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| | | A.__Resident junior hunting |
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| | | license (10 years of age or |
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| | | older and under 16 years of age) | $5 | $11 |
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| | | B.__Resident hunting license |
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| | | (16 years of age or older) | $19 | $25 |
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| | | C.__Resident small game hunting |
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| | | license (16 years of age or older) |
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| | | (Permits hunting of all legal |
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| | | species except deer, bear, |
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| | | turkey, moose, raccoon and |
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| | | E.__Resident combination archery |
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| | | F.__Nonresident junior hunting |
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| | | license (10 years of age or |
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| | | older and under 16 years of age) | $25 | $31 |
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| | | G.__Nonresident small game |
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| | | hunting license (Permits hunting |
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| | | of all legal species except deer, |
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| | | bear, turkey, moose, raccoon and |
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| | | small game hunting license, |
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| | | I.__Nonresident big game hunting |
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| | | license (Permits hunting of all |
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| | | species including deer and |
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| | | J.__Nonresident combination |
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| | | K.__Alien small game hunting |
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| | | license (Permits hunting of all |
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| | | species except deer, bear, |
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| | | turkey, moose, raccoon and |
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| | | L.__Alien big game hunting |
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| | | license (Permits hunting of all |
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| | | species including deer and |
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| | | M.__Alien combination hunting |
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| | | and fishing license | $176 | $182 |
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| | | Fees established in this subsection are subject to the | | inflation adjustment specified in section 7017, subsection 1- | | A. |
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| | | Sec. L-5. 12 MRSA §7102-A, sub-§4, as repealed and replaced by PL | | 1995, c. 455, §7 and affected by §45, is repealed and the | | following enacted in its place: |
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| | | 4.__Schedule of fees.__The schedule of fees is as follows: |
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