An Act To Ban Remote-control Hunting
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0050
Committee Amendment CA_A_H110 (House)
Amends: 7 MRSA §1344, 7 MRSA §1347, 12 MRSA §12103

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ·A .. to H.P. 46, L.D. 50, Bill, "An Act 
To Ban Remote-control Hunting" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting 
clause and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
. Sec. I. 7 MRSA §1344, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 765, §3, is 
amended to read: 
§1344. Violation; penalties 
1. 
Operating commercial large game shooting area without 
license. 
A person who operates a commercial large game shooting 
area without a license issued under section 1342 is guilty of a 
Class E crime. 
I-A. 
Remote-control hunting. 
A person who owns or operates 
a 
commercial large game shooting area that uses remote-control 
hunting in violation of section 1347 commits a Class E crime. 
2.-
Civil violations. 
Except for operating a 
commercial 
large 
game 
shooting 
area 
without 
a 
license 
or 
using 
remote-control hunting as provided in sa.Bseet:ie:e subsections I 
and I-A, a person who violates any provision of this chapter or 
any 
rule 
adopted pursuant 
to 
this 
chapter 
commits 
a 
civil 
violation for which a forfeiture not to exceed $500 for a first 
violation and not to exceed $1,000 for a 2nd violation may be 
adjudged. 
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3. 
Revocation of license. 
The commissioner may revoke a 
. license issued under section 1342 
for 
any violation of this 
chapter or rule adopted pursuant to this chapter or any violation 
of chapter 739 or Title 17, chapter 42, subchapter ±±± ~. 
Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §1347 is enacted to read: 
§1347. 
Remote-control hunting 
An owner or operator of a commercial large game shooting 
area may not use a website or a service o.r business via any other 
means that permits a perso.n to. sho.ot or attempt to shoot any 
large game that is located in this State through the use of a 
computer-controlled 
gun. 
shooting 
apparatus 
or 
any 
other 
remote-control device when the person using the website. service 
or business is physically removed from the immediate vicinity of 
the large game animal. 
. 
Sec.3. 12 MRSA §12103 is enacted to read: 
§12l03. 
Remote-control hunting 
An owner or operator of a commercial Shooting area may not 
use a 
w~bsite or a service or business via any other means that 
permits a person to hunt or attempt to hunt a wild animal or wild 
bird that is 
located in this State through 
the 
use 
of 
a 
computer-controlled 
gun. 
shooting 
apparatus 
or 
any 
other 
remote-control device when the person using the website. service 
or business is physically removed from the immediate vicinity of 
the wild animal or wild bird. 
A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill and prohibits the owner or 
operator of a commercial shooting area or a commercial large game 
shooting area from using a website or.a service or business via 
any other means that permits a person to hunt large game, wild 
animals or game birds that are located in this State through the 
use of a computer-controlled gun, shooting apparatus or any other 
remote-control device when the person using the website, service 
or business is physically removed from the immediate vicinity of 
the large game, wild animal or game bird. 
This amendment makes a 
violation of this prohibition a Class E crime. 
F~SCAL '\U1£ REQUR.ED 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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Approved: 02/23/05 .:t!?aC!-
LD50 
LR0319(02) 
An Act To Ban Remote-control Hunting 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment fl· 
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fmd 
Minor revenue increase - General Fmd 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements 
Establishes a new Class E crime. 
The collection of additional [mes may increase General Fmd revenue by minor amomts 
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