An Act To Improve the Coyote Control Program Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7035, sub-§3, 1rB, as amended by PL 1999, c. 636, §l, is repealed. Sec.2. 12 MRSA §7035, sub-§3, 1rB-l is enacted to read: B-1. An agent may use snares to control coyotes during winter months under the following conditions. (I) Agents may use snares only for animal damage control purposes to help meet management goals established by the commissioner for deer, threatened or endangered species or other wildlife species or to benefit agricultural interests as described in paragraph C. (2) Agents must be trained and certified by the department in the use of snares. Page l-LR0033(3) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0237
Committee Amendment CA_A_H75 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §7035

121ST LEGISLATURE . 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,,{}., to H.P. 192, L.D. 237, Bill, "An 
Act To Prohibit Coyote Snaring and Eliminate the Coyote Snaring 
Program" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'An Act To Improve the Coyote Control Program' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
enacting clause and before the summary and inserting in its place 
the following: 
'Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7035, sub-§3, 1rB, as amended by PL 1999, c. 
636, §l, is repealed. 
Sec.2. 12 MRSA §7035, sub-§3, 1rB-l is enacted to read: 
B-1. 
An agent may use snares to control coyotes during 
winter months under the following conditions. 
(I) 
Agents 
may 
use 
snares only for 
animal 
damage 
control 
purposes 
to 
help 
meet 
management 
goals 
established by the commissioner for deer, threatened or 
endangered species or other wildlife species or to 
benefit 
agricultural 
interests 
as 
described 
in 
paragraph C. 
(2) 
Agents 
must 
be 
trained 
and 
certified by 
the 
department in the use of snares. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,~" to H,P, 192, L.D. 237 
(3) 
Agents must be deployed by a department wildlife 
biologist before setting snares. 
(4) 
Agents shall post access points to areas in which 
snaring activity is taking place, including, but not 
limited to, 
roads and trails for motorized vehicles, 
cross-country skiers or hikers or other obvious travel 
ways that may be used by people. 
(5) 
An agent shall plainly label snares with the full 
name and address of that agent. 
(6) 
An agent shall keep an accurate record of the 
number and location of snares set by that agent and 
must be able to account for those snares at all times. 
(7) 
An agent shall check that agent's snares that are 
equipped with relaxing locks on a daily basis. 
(8) 
Department employees may accompany agents at any 
time an agent is checking snares. 
( 9) 
Agents shall report monthly to the department on 
forms 
provided 
by 
the 
department 
the 
coyotes 
and 
nontarget species taken by sna~ing during the reporting 
period. 
(10) 
The 
commissioner 
shall 
revoke 
the 
snaring 
certificate of an agent who violates any provision of 
this paragraph. 
The commissioner shall adopt policies and procedures on the 
use of snares as necessary to minimize the potential for 
taking 
nontarget 
species 
and 
to 
adeguately 
protect 
threatened and endangered species.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment is the majority report of the Joint Standing 
Committee 
on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
and 
replaces the 
original bill. 
The amendment sets conditions and requirements 
for agents of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife who 
use snares for the control of coyotes during the winter months. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 0311 9/03 ~aC!. 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD237 
An Act To Prohibit Coyote Snaring and Eliminate the Coyote Snaring 
Program 
LR 0033(03) 
Fiscal Note for Original Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Majority Report 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
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