An Act To Allow Certain Assistance to Bear Hunters
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 2089
Committee Amendment CA_A_H740 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A " 
to H.P. 1475, L.D. 2089, Bill, "An Act To 
Allow Certain Assistance to Bear Hunters" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Allow Certain Assistance to Guides and Hunters' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'12 MRS A §12861 is enacted to read: 
§ 12861. Transportation of guide's clients by unlicensed person 
Notwithstanding section 10001, subsection 28 and Title 29-A. section 552. a person 
licensed to guide hunters under this chapter may employ the services of a person not 
licensed as a guide to transport hunters along a public or private road in a motor vehicle 
for the sole purpose of delivering those hunters to a predetermined destination prior to or 
at the conclusion of the time those hunters are engaged in hunting. For purposes of this 
section, "motor vehicle" does not include a snowmobile or an all-terrain vehicle. 
not: 
1. Prohibition. A person, while transporting hunters pursuant to this section. may 
A. Engage in hunting; 
B. 
Transport hunting equipment for that person's own use unless that hunting 
equipment is fastened in a case: 
C. Accompany hunters into the fields or forests; or 
D. Assist in hunting activities, including, but not limited to, accompanying hunters to 
a hunting stand or bait site, searching for wounded animals or locating, retrieving or 
field dressing harvested animals. 
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Penalty and vicarious liability. 
This subsection applies to violations of 
subsection 1. 
A. A person who violates subsection 1 commits a Class E crime. When a person is 
convicted of violating subsection 1, the guide employing that person must be issued a 
warning by a law enforcement officer, as defined in Title 25, section 280 I-A, 
subsection 5. 
B. 
A person licensed as a guide who receives 3 or more warnings pursuant to 
paragraph A within a 5-year period commits a civil violation for which a fine of not 
less than $100 and not more than $500 may be adjudged. The commissioner may 
suspend the guide license of a person adjudicated of a violation of this paragraph for 
a period of up to one year. 
C. 
A person licensed as a guide who violates paragraph B after having been 
adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within a 5-
year period commits a Class E crime. 
3. Repeal. This section is repealed July 31, 2010.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment authorizes a person licensed as a guide to employ the services of a 
person not licensed as a guide to transport hunters along a public or private road in a 
motor vehicle for the sole purpose of delivering those hunters to a predetermined 
destination prior to or at the conclusion of the time those hunters are engaged in hunting. 
It also prohibits the unlicensed person from hunting or participating in hunting-related 
activities while transporting hunters for a guide. This amendment also provides liability 
for a guide when there are 3 or more violations of the transportation provision by a person 
employed by that guide within a 5-year period. The provisions of the amendment are 
repealed July 31,2010. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 02/27/08 frac.. 
LD 2089 
LR 3056(02) 
An Act To Allow Certain Assistance to Bear Hunters 
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 
Minor revenue increase - General Fund 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements 
Establishes new civil violations and Class E crimes. The collection of additional fines may also increase General 
Fund revenue by minor amounts.