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H.__Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this Part
relating to moose are applicable to the hunting of moose with
a permit awarded under this subsection.

 
I.__The commissioner may adopt rules necessary for the
proper administration, implementation, enforcement and
interpretation of this subsection.

 
J.__Notwithstanding this subsection, the total number of
moose hunting permits issued each year must be in accordance
with section 11552, subsection 2.

 
12.__Persons in armed forces called to serve in armed
conflict.__A person who is issued a moose permit under this
section and who is subsequently called to active duty in the
Armed Forces of the United States to serve in an armed conflict
and is unable to use the permit is entitled to use the same
permit during the next appropriate season following that person's
return to the State.__Permits used under this subsection do not
affect the number of permits that may be issued by the
commissioner under this section.__For purposes of this
subsection, "armed conflict" means any military action in which
participants are exposed to war-risk hazards as defined in 42
United States Code, Section 1711(b).

 
§11155.__Wild turkey hunting permits

 
1.__Permit required.__Except as otherwise authorized pursuant
to this Part, a person may not hunt wild turkey unless that
person has a valid permit issued under this section.__Each day a
person violates this subsection that person commits a Class E
crime for which a minimum fine of $50 and an amount equal to
twice the applicable license fee must be imposed.

 
2.__Issuance of wild turkey hunting permits.__The percentage
of total wild turkey permits issued to nonresident and alien
hunters may not exceed the average percentage of applicants for
wild turkey permits over the previous 3 years who were
nonresidents and aliens and may not be more than 10% of the total
wild turkey hunting permits issued statewide.

 
3.__Eligibility.__When a public chance drawing is utilized to
allocate permits, a resident, nonresident or alien who is
eligible to obtain a Maine hunting license or who will be
eligible to obtain a Maine hunting license by the opening day of
the wild turkey hunting season is eligible to apply for a wild
turkey hunting permit.


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