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LR 2679
Item 1

 
(1) A person may hunt migratory waterfowl from a motorboat in
accordance with federal regulations;

 
(2) Paraplegics and single or double amputees of the legs
may shoot from motor vehicles that are not in motion;
and

 
(3) A person may shoot from a motorboat when the motor
is shut off and the if that boat is drifting, beached,
moored, resting at anchor or is not being propelled
solely by paddle, oars or pole its motor.

 
Sec. 147. 12 MRSA §11212, sub-§2 is enacted to read:

 
2.__Penalty. A person who violates subsection 1 commits a
Class E crime.

 
Sec. 148. 12 MRSA §11213, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2
and affected by Pt. D, §7, is repealed.

 
Sec. 149. 12 MRSA §11213-A is enacted to read:

 
§11213-A.__Shooting at or near wildfowl decoys

 
1.__Shoot or shoot at decoy.__A person may not with a firearm
shoot or shoot at a wildfowl decoy of another person.

 
A. A person who violates this subsection commits a civil
violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more
than $500 may be adjudged.

 
B. A person who violates this subsection after having been
adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations
under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a
Class E crime.

 
2.__Shoot within area of another person's decoys.__A person
may not with a firearm shoot within an area encompassed by a set
of another person's wildfowl decoys, including the area 50 yards
away from the outer perimeter of the set of decoys.

 
A. A person who violates this subsection commits a civil
violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more
than $500 may be adjudged.

 
B. A person who violates this subsection after having been
adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations
under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a
Class E crime.


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