An Act To Allow the Electronic Registration of Big Game Animals
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1723
Sponsors: BRYANT
Amends: 12 MRSA §12301, 12 MRSA §12302-A, 12 MRSA §12304-A

Legislative Document 
No. 1723 
S.P.656 
In Senate, JailUary 6,2010 
An Act To Allow the Electronic Registration of Big Game Animals 
(EMERGENCy) 
Appr~ved for introduction by a ~ajority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and· Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed. . 
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Presented by Senator BRYANT of Oxford. 
Printed on recycled paper 
JOY 1. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislatur~ do not 
become effel::tive until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, an electronic system is needed to increase the efficiency of registering big 
game animals killed by hunters; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine arid require the following legislation as 
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immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now,_ 
therefore, 
Be it enacted by the People otthe State of Maine as follows: 
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Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §12301 .. A,_sub-§4 is enacted to read: 
4. Electronic registration. The commissioner shall adopt rules to establish and 
maintain an Internet-based system to allow a person to register a bear, deer, moose or 
wild turkey electronically. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical 
rules as defined in Title 5; chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
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Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §12302-A, sub-§I, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §228 
and affected by §422, is amended to read: 
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1. Requirement. A Except as provided in subsection l'-A, a perSQn who kills a bear, 
deer, moose or wild turkey shall: 
A. 
Remain with that animal until it is' registered, except as provided in section 
12303-A; 
B. 
Present that animal for registration in that person's mime at the first open 
registration station for that animal on the route taken by that person; arid 
C. 
Leave the registration seal attached to the animal in accordance with section 
.1230 I-A until that animal is processed and packaged for consumption. 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §12302-A, sub-§I-A is enacted to read: 
I-A. Electronic registration. A person who kills a bear, deer, moose or wild turkey 
may register the animal electronically in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to 
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section 1230 I-A, subsection 4 . 
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Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §12304-A, sub-§I, as enacted byPL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §232 . 
and affected by §422, is amended to read: 
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1. Prohibition. Except for animals registered electronically in accordance with 
section 12302-A, subsection I-A, and except as provided in subsection 2, a person must 
present the following wild animals for registration in their entirety: 
A. 
Bear; 
B. 
Deer; 
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C. 
Moose; or 
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D. . Wild turkey. 
. Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this 
legislation takes effeCt when approved. . 
SUMMARY 
This bill authorizes the electronic registration of big game animals and requires the 
Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to adopt rules to establish and maintain an 
online system to allow a person to register a moose, deer, bear or wild turkey 
electronically. 
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