Resolve, To Direct the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife To Determine the Feasibility of Integrating Certain Moose Management Practices between Tribal and Hontribal Lands Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the ti tIe and before the summary and inserting in its place the following: Sec. 1. Moose permits. Resolved: That the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall work with members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Penobscot Nation, the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, the Wabanaki Confederacy and the Wesget-Sipu organization to study the feasibility of providing tribal members with moose hunting permits for use on nontribal lands without jeopardizing the State's moose management goals established by the department pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 10151. The department shall consider, at a minimum, authorizing the use of tribally issued moose permits on nontribal lands and the issuance of moose permits to tribal members by the State within current permit levels and in addition to those levels; and be it further Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: Fisheries and Wildlife shall That the Department of Inland report to the joint standing Page 1-LR1965(2) COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0477
Committee Amendment CA_A_H743 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "/+" to H.P. 352, L.D. 477, Bill, "An 
Act To Authorize the Use of Tribal Sustenance Hunting Permits on 
State Lands" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting 
the following: 
'Resolve, 
To 
Direct the 
Department of 
Inland Fisheries 
and 
Wildlife To Determine the Feasibility of Integrating Certain 
Moose Management Practices between Tribal and Hontribal Lands' 
Further amend the bill by striking out everything after the 
ti tIe and before the summary and inserting in its place the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. Moose permits. Resolved: 
That the Department of 
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall work with members of the 
Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Penobscot Nation, the Houlton Band of 
Maliseet Indians, the Aroostook Band of Micmacs, the Wabanaki 
Confederacy 
and 
the 
Wesget-Sipu 
organization 
to 
study 
the 
feasibility of 
providing 
tribal 
members 
with 
moose 
hunting 
permits for 
use 
on nontribal lands without jeopardizing the 
State's moose 
management goals established by the department 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 10151. 
The department shall consider, at a minimum, authorizing the use 
of tribally issued moose permits on nontribal lands and the 
issuance of moose permits to tribal members by the State within 
current permit levels and in addition to those levels; and be it 
further 
Sec. 2. 
Report. 
Resolved: 
Fisheries 
and 
Wildlife 
shall 
That 
the 
Department 
of 
Inland 
report 
to 
the 
joint 
standing 
COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 352, L.D. 477 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland 
fisheries and wildlife matters on or before January 15, 
2007 
regarding its findings and recommendations resulting from the 
study under section 1; and be it further 
Sec. 3. Legislation. Resolved: That the joint standing committee 
of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and 
wildlife matters may submit legislation to the First Regular 
Session of the 123rd Legislature to implement any recommendation 
presented in the report under section 2.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill with a resolve and directs 
the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to work with 
tribal members to determine the feasibility of providing moose 
hunting permits for use on nontribal lands. 
The resolve directs 
the department to report its findings and recommendations to the 
joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over inland fisheries and wildlife matters by January 17, 2007 
and authorizes the committee to report out legislation to the 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMM/rrEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 01125106 ~ac:.. 
LD477 
LR 1965(02) 
An Act To Authorize the Use of Tribal Sustenance Hunting Permits on State Lands 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A .. 
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
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