An Act To Increase the Number of Clubs in Penobscot County That May Be Issued a Special Dog Training Area License
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §12052, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
2. Application and issuance. Upon application of a club or organization having 25 or more resident members, the commissioner may issue to the club or organization a license authorizing the following.
A. The licensee may establish and maintain on land owned by the licensee, or over which the licensee has legal control, a special dog training area in which and on which dogs may be trained at any time during the year.
B. The licensee may at any time during the year train the licensee's own dogs or the dogs of other persons on that area.
C. The licensee may hold field trials at any time on that area or permit, in writing, others to hold field trials on that area under such conditions as are mutually agreed on.
No more than 5 clubs in any one county may be issued a license , except that 8 clubs in Penobscot County may be issued a license.
summary
This bill increases the number of clubs in Penobscot County that may be issued a special dog training area license for training hunting dogs from 5 to 8.