An Act To Reserve a Number of Moose Permits for the Tribes of Maine
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
2. Issuance of moose hunting permits. In accordance with section 11552, the commissioner may issue moose hunting permits and may establish the number of moose hunting permits to be issued for each wildlife management district established by the commissioner by rule open to moose hunting. The commissioner shall reserve 200 moose hunting permits to be distributed equally among the federally recognized Indian tribes of the State and 25 moose hunting permits for the Wesget Sipu Tribe. No more than 10% of the moose hunting permits may be issued to nonresident and alien hunters.
summary
This bill requires the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to reserve 225 moose hunting permits for the Indian tribes of the State, 200 for the 4 federally recognized Indian tribes and 25 for the Wesget Sipu Tribe.