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3. Fees. The annual fee for a commercial large game shooting
area is $1,000, except that the annual fee for a commercial large
game shooting area is $500 for an operation that is licensed to
possess deer cervids under chapter 202 and harvests only deer
cervids raised on that farm. Except as provided in section 1346,
all fees paid for a license issued under this section must be
deposited in the Animal Industry Fund established under section
1332.

 
Sec. 12. 7 MRSA §1346, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 765, §3, is
amended to read:

 
§1346. License fees deposited in General Fund

 
Notwithstanding section 1331, subsection 2, section 1332,
section 1333, subsection 3 and section 1342, subsections 3 and 4,
the first $1,120 collected each year under those sections for
license fees for deer cervid farms and commercial large game
shooting areas and transport tag fees must be deposited in the
General Fund.

 
Sec. 13. 7 MRSA §1452, as repealed and replaced by PL 2001, c. 572,
§14, is amended to read:

 
§1452. Definitions

 
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
indicates, "auction" means the offering of cattle, sheep, swine,
goats, equines, domesticated cervidae cervids, poultry and other
animals raised for food or fiber for sale by means of exchanges
between an auctioneer and bidders.

 
Sec. 14. 7 MRSA §1751, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2001, c. 572, §23, is
further amended to read:

 
2. Domestic animals. "Domestic animals" means cattle,
equines, goats, sheep, swine, cats, dogs, domesticated cervidae
cervids or other domesticated animals; large game as defined in
section 1341, subsection 5; and poultry.

 
Sec. 15. 7 MRSA §1752, as amended by PL 2001, c. 572, §25, is
further amended to read:

 
§1752. Rules

 
The commissioner shall, in a manner consistent with the Maine
Administrative Procedure Act, adopt rules that, in the
commissioner's judgment, are necessary for the enforcement of
chapters 201, 202, 202-A, 207, 301, 303 and 305. These rules have
the force and effect of law, so far as the same are not


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