‘An Act Regarding the Moose Lottery and Moose Management’
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First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature C "B", Filing Number H-599, Sponsored by
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LR 1141 Item 3 |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act Regarding the Moose Lottery and Moose Management’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11109-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 477, §4, is amended to read:
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2009, c. 186, §4, is further amended to read:
(1) Seven Fifteen dollars for a one-chance application; or
(2) Twelve dollars for a 3-chance application. A resident must possess a valid big game hunting license to be eligible to purchase a 3-chance application; and
(3) Twenty-two dollars for a 6-chance application. A resident must possess a valid big game hunting license to be eligible to purchase a 6-chance application; or
(1) Fifteen dollars for a one-chance application;
(2) Twenty-five dollars for a 3-chance application;
(3) Thirty-five dollars for a 6-chance application; and
(4) Fifty-five dollars for a 10-chance application; multiple 10-chance options may be purchased.
A clerk or agent appointed by the commissioner under section 10801 may process an application under this subsection. The clerk or agent shall charge a fee of $2 for each application under this subsection processed by that clerk or agent.
The commissioner shall allow an applicant to indicate that that applicant does not want to receive a moose permit pursuant to the application but wishes to receive the corresponding points under subsection 8 for that application.
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
Each point entitles an applicant to one chance in the public chance drawing. A person's accumulated points are eliminated and that person begins to accumulate points anew if that person fails to purchase a new chance in any 2 consecutive years.
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§11, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
summary
This amendment is the minority report and replaces the bill. It does the following:
1. It limits the number of chances a resident may purchase for the moose hunting permit lottery to one and reduces the number of moose hunting permit lottery chances contained in a super pack license from 6 to one;
2. It modifies the point system for the moose hunting permit lottery to improve a person's chances in the lottery the longer that person has stayed in the lottery and has not received a moose hunting permit;
3. It removes the 2-year wait period for a person who received a moose hunting permit;
4. It allows a person to indicate on the moose hunting permit application that that person does not want to receive a moose permit for that year but wants to continue to accrue chances in the moose hunting permit lottery;
5. It allows an applicant for a moose hunting permit to change that person's subpermittee or alternate subpermittee after the applicant has received a moose hunting permit. Current law requires an applicant for a moose hunting permit to designate that person's subpermittee and alternate subpermittee at the time of the application; and
6. It prohibits the sale of the moose hunting permit subpermittee or alternate subpermittee designation and makes a violation of that prohibition a Class E crime.