An Act To Provide Free Hunting and Fishing Permits to Senior Citizens
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 1298
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: BERUBE, COURTNEY, CEBRA, CROSTHWAITE, JENNINGS, MOODY
Amends: 12 MRSA §10853, 12 MRSA §11109, 12 MRSA §11402, 12 MRSA §12501

Legislative Document 
No. 1298 
H.P.895 
House of Representatives, March 15, 2005 
An Act To Provide Free Hunting and Fishing Permits to Senior 
Citizens 
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative BERUBE of Lisbon. (BY REQUEST) 
Cosponsored by Senator COURTNEY of York and 
Representati ves: ASH of Belfast, CEBRA of N aples, CROSTHWAITE of Ellsworth, 
JENNINGS of Leeds, MOODY of Manchester. 
Printed on recycled paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10853, sub-§I, ,B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 
414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is repealed. 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §11109, sub-§3, as afiacted by PL 2003, c. 
614, §9 and amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §§115 and 116 and affected 
by §422, is further amended to read: 
3. 
Hunting licenses; combination licenses; fees. 
Hunting 
licenses and combination licenses for persons 70 years of age or 
older are at no charge. 
Hunting licenses, combination licenses 
and fees for persQns under 70 years of age are as follows. 
A. 
A resident junior hunting license, for a person 10 years 
of age or older and under 16 years of age, is $5. 
B. 
A resident hunting license, for a person 16 years of age 
or older and under 70 years Qf age, is $19. 
c. 
A resident small game hunting license, for a person 16 
years of age or older and under 70 years of age, 
which 
permi ts hunting for all legal species except deer, bear, 
turkey, moose, raccoon and bobcat, is $12. 
D. 
A resident combination hunting and fishing license is 
$36. 
E. 
A resident 
combination 
archery 
hunting 
and 
fishing 
license is $36. 
F. 
A nonresident junior hunting license, for a person 10 
years of age or older and under 16 years of age, is $25. 
G. 
A nonresident small game hunting license, 
hunting of all legal Gpecies except deer, 
moose, raccoon and bobcat, is $55. 
which permits 
bear, 
turkey, 
H. 
A nonresident 3-day small game hunting license, valid 
for 3 consecutive hunting days, which permits hunting of all 
legal species except deer, bear, turkey, moose, raccoon and 
bobcat for the 72-hour period specified on the license, is 
$30. 
I. 
A nonresident big game hunting license, which permits 
hunting of all species including deer and bear, is $85. 
J. 
A nonresident combination hunting and fishing license is 
$123. 
K. 
An 
alien small 
game 
hunting license, 
hunting of all species except deer, bear, 
raccoon and bobcat, is $70. 
which permits 
turkey, moose, 
L. 
An alien big game hunting license, which permits hunting 
of all species including deer and bear, is $125. 
M. 
An alien combination hunting and fishing license is $176. 
N. 
A license to use leashed dogs to track wounded animals, 
which permits a person to use one or more leashed dogs to 
tr.ack a lawfully wounded deer, moose or bear, is $25. 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §11402, sub-§4, lrC, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 
414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read: 
C. 
Establish a combined senior and youth deer hunting day 
for persons 70 years of age and older and junior hunters. 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §12501, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, 
Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read: 
6. 
Schedule of fees. 
A fishing license for a person 70 
years of age and older is at no charge. 
The fees for fishing 
licenses for a person under 70 years of age are as follows. 
A. 
A resident fishing license is $19. 
B. 
A resident combination hunting and fishing license is 
$36. 
C. 
A resident 
combination 
archery hunting 
and 
fishing 
license is $36. 
D, 
A nonresident junior fishing license, for persons 12 
years of age or older and under 16 years of age, is $7. 
E. 
A 3-day fishing license for a resident or nonresident, 
valid for the 72-hour period specified on the license, is 
$21. 
F. 
A nonresident 7-day fishing license, valid for 7 days 
from date indicated on license, is $34. 
G. 
A nonresident I5-day fishing license, valid for 15 days 
from date indicated on license, is $38. 
H. 
A nonresident season fishing license for persons 
years of age or older is $50. 
I. 
An alien season fishing license for persons 16 years of 
age or older is $70. 
J. 
A one-day fishing license for a resident or nonresident, 
valid for the 24-hour period indicated on license, is $9. 
SUMMARY 
This bill allows senior citizens 70 years of age or older to 
hunt on the day established as youth deer hunting day. 
It also 
provide::; a 
free hunting and fishing license to any person 70 
years of age or older.