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LR 543
Item 1

 
Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §11109, sub-§§1, 4 and 5, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414,
Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, are amended to read:

 
1. License required. Except as otherwise authorized pursuant
to this Part, a person may not engage in an activity for which a
license may be issued under this section unless that person has a
valid license 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 $100 must be imposed.

 
4. Muzzle-loading permit; issuance and agent's fee. The
commissioner, through the commissioner's agent, shall issue
muzzle-loading licenses permits to eligible persons. The issuing
agent shall charge a fee of $1 for each license permit issued.

 
5. Muzzle-loading permits and fees. Muzzle-loading hunting
licenses permits and fees are as follows:

 
A. A resident muzzle-loading hunting license permit is $11;

 
B. A nonresident muzzle-loading hunting license permit is
$33;

 
C. An alien muzzle-loading hunting license permit is $58.

 
Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §12404, sub-§6, ¶G, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt.
B, §243 and affected by §422, is amended to read:

 
G. The owner or keeper of a dog is in violation of this
paragraph if that owner's or keeper's dog is found killing
or wounding a moose, deer or wild turkey at any time or any
other wild animal in closed season.

 
(1) A person who violates this paragraph commits a
civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100
$500 nor more than $500 $1,000 may be adjudged.

 
(2) A person who violates this paragraph 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.

 
Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §12654-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt.
B, §277 and affected by §422, is amended to read:

 
1. Prohibition. A person may not fish with more than 3
unbaited artificial flies individually attached to a line.


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