An Act Regarding Eligibility for the Moose Lottery
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0291
Committee Amendment CA_A_H598 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §10206, 12 MRSA §10263, 12 MRSA §11109-A, 12 MRSA §11154

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 235, L.D. 291, Bill, "An Act 
Regarding Eligibility for the Moose Lottery" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act Regarding the Moose Lottery and Moose Management' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10206, sub-§9, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and 
amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §50 and affected by §422, is repealed. 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §10263 is enacted to read: 
§10263. Moose Research and Management Fund 
The Moose Research and Management Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund, II 
is established within the department as a nonlapsing fund to be used by the commissioner 
to fund or assist in funding the research and the management of moose. One hundred 
dollars from each nonresident or alien moose hunting permit issued under section 11154, 
subsection 3 must be deposited in the fund. In addition, up to $25,000 may be deposited 
in the fund from the revenues generated by moose hunting application and permit fees to 
carry out the department's documented moose research. The commissioner may accept 
and deposit into the fund monetary gifts, donations or other contributions from public or 
private sources for the purposes specified in this section. The fund must be held separate 
and apart from all other money, funds and accounts. 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §11109-A, sub-§l, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 477, §4, is 
amended to read: 
1. Moose lottery chances. A super pack license includes, upon application, e 
chances one chance in the moose lottery under section 11154, subsection 6. 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. 00, §7, is 
further amended to read: 
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3. Moose hunting permit fee. The fee for a moose hunting permit is $52 for a 
resident and $484 $585 for a nonresident or alien. 
S~c. 5. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read: 
5. Eligibility. Except as provided in this subsection, a resident, nonresident or alien 
who is eligible to obtain a Maine hunting license or who will be eligible to obtain a 
Maine hunting license by the opening day of the open moose season is eligible to apply 
for a moose hunting permit. A Beginning in 2011, a person who has obtained a moose 
hunting permit is ineligible to obtain another permit until ~ J. years have elapsed after the 
issuance of the last permit. 
This limitation does not apply to subpermittees under 
subsection 7. 
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2009, c. 186, §4, is further 
amended to read: 
6. Application procedure. An eligible person wishing to apply for a permit must 
file a written application for a permit on a form furnished by the commissioner. 
The 
application fee is nonrefundable. A person may file no more than one application. A 
person who submits more than one application is disqualified from the selection of 
permittees. The application must be accompanied by an application fee of: 
A. 
For a resident: 
(1) 8e¥en Fifteen dollars for a one-chance application; or 
(2) Twelve dollars for a 3 chance application. A resident must possess a valid 
big game hunting license to be eligible to purehase a 3 chance application; and 
(3) Twenty two dollars for a e chance application. l' .. resident must possess a 
'!alid big game hunting license to be eligible to purchase a e chance application; 
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B. For a nonresident: 
(1) Fifteen dollars for a one-chance application; 
(2) Twenty-five dollars for a 3-chance application; 
(3) Thirty-five dollars for a 6-chance application; and 
(4) Fifty-five dollars for a 10-chance application; multiple 10-chance options 
may be purchased. 
A clerk or agent appointed by the commissioner under section 10801 may process an 
application under this subsection. The clerk or agent shall charge a fee of $2 for each 
application under this subsection processed by that clerk or agent. 
The commissioner shall allow an applicant to indicate that that applicant does not want to 
receive a moose permit pursuant to the application but wishes to receive the 
corresponding points under subsection 8 for that application. 
Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read: 
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7. Sub permittees. An applicant for a moose permit may indicate on the application 
filed pursuant to subsection 6 the name of a subpermittee-designate and the name of an 
alternate subpermittee-designate. 
If the applicant is issued a moose permit under 
subsection 9 and upon application to the commissioner, the permittee may change that 
person's subpermittee-designate or alternate subpermittee-designate until 30 days prior to 
the start of the moose hunting season for which the permit was issued. Thirty days prior 
to the start of the applicable moose hunting season, the subpermittee-designate becomes a 
subpermittee aRd the. The permittee may authorize the subpermittee to participate in the 
moose hunt with the permittee. 
The permittee may authorize the alternate 
subpermittee-designate to participate in the hunt in place of the subpermittee-designate if 
the permittee notifies the department of the authorization at least 5 business days prior to 
the first day of the moose season, in which case the alternate subpermittee-designate 
becomes the subpermittee. The permittee may choose not to authorize a subpermittee to 
participate in the hunt. 
A. A person may not sell a subpermittee or an alternate subpermittee designation. 
B. A person who violates paragraph A commits a Class E crime. 
Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by c. 614, §9, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
8. Point system for public chance drawing. A person accumulates points as 
follows for each consecutive year that person purchases an application for a moose 
hunting permit but is not selected to receive a permit: 
A. One point each year for the first 5 years; 
B. Two points each year for years 6 to 10; 
C. Three points each year for years 11 to 15; and 
D. Ten points each year after the 15th year. 
Each point entitles an applicant to one chance in the public chance drawing. A person's 
accumulated points are eliminated and that person begins to accumulate points anew if in 
any year that person is selected to receive a moose hunting permit or if that person fails to 
purchase a new chance in any 2 consecutive years. 
A person who is ineligible to receive a moose hunting permit as provided in subsection 5 
may continue to purchase points for each year that person is ineligible to receive a moose 
hunting permit for the corresponding application fee under subsection 6. 
Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§l1,,s, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read: 
B. A person who applies for a moose hunting permit under this subsection is subject 
to the eligibility provisions of subsection 5, except that a successful applicant is not 
required to wait ~ J. years in order to obtain another permit. 
Sec. 10. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT OF 
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Resource Management Services - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 0534 
Initiative: Establishes the Moose Research and Management Fund. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
SUMMARY 
2011-12 
$18,750 
$18,750 
2012-13 
$25,000 
$25,000 
This amendment is the majority report and replaces the bill. It does the following: 
1. It limits the number of chances a resident may purchase for the moose hunting 
permit lottery to one and reduces the number of moose hunting permit lottery chances 
contained in a super pack license from 6 to one; 
2. It modifies the point system for the moose hunting permit lottery to improve a 
person's chances in the lottery the longer that person has stayed in the lottery and has not 
received a moose hunting pennit; 
3. As does the bill, it changes the amount of time a moose hunting permit holder 
must wait to be eligible for another moose hunting permit from 2 years to 3 years; 
4. It provides that a person that is ineligible to obtain a moose hunting permit because 
that person has received a permit within the last 2 years may continue to buy additional 
chances for the moose hunting permit lottery over that period of ineligibility for the 
corresponding application fee; 
5. It allows a person to indicate on the moose hunting permit application that that 
person does not want to receive a moose pennit for that year but wants to continue to 
accrue chances in the moose hunting permit lottery; 
6. It establishes the Moose Research and Management Fund and moves a provision of 
existing law regarding funding for moose research to the section of law that establishes 
the fund; 
7. It increases the moose hunting permit fee for nonresidents and aliens from $484 to 
$585 and directs that $100 from each of these permits be deposited in the Moose 
Research and Management Fund; 
8. 
It allows an applicant for a moose hunting permit to change that person's 
subpermittee or alternate subpermittee after the applicant has received a moose hunting 
permit. Current law requires an applicant for a moose hunting permit to designate that 
person's subpermittee and alternate subpermittee at the time of the application; 
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9. It prohibits the sale of the moose hunting permit subpermittee or alternate 
subpermittee designation and makes a violation of that prohibition a Class E crime; and 
10. It adds an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 06/08/11~ac. 
LD291 
LR 1141(02) 
An Act Regarding Eligibility for the Moose Lottery 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment It,, 
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
Net Cost (Savings) 
- General Fund 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements 
Establishes new Class E crimes. 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2011-12 
($11,250) 
$18,750 
$11,250 
$18,750 
FY2012-13 
($15,000) 
$25,000 
$15,000 
$25,000 
Projections 
FY 2013-14 
($15,000) 
$25,000 
$15,000 
$25,000 
The collection of additional fines may also increase General Fund revenue by minor amounts. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Projections 
FY 2014-15 
($15,000) 
$25,000 
$15,000 
$25,000 
This legislation creates the Moose Research and Management Fund within the Department ofInland Fisheries and 
Wildlife and deposits up to $25,000 from moose hunting application and permit fees into the fund. The biII also 
increases non-resident moose hunting permit fees by $100. Assuming 400 non-resident permits, General Fund 
revenues would increase by $11,250 in fiscal year 2011-12 and $15,000 beginning in fiscal year 2012-13 and Other 
Special Revenue Funds revenue would increase by $18,750 in fiscal year 2011-12 and $25,000 beginning in fiscal 
year 2012-13. 
This legislation eliminates the 3-chance and 6-chance moose application option for residents, allows people to 
accumulate points during years the person applies and does not receive a permit, allows people to use these points for 
additional chances in the moose permit lottery and allows people who are ineligible for a permit to continue 
purchasing applications in order to accumulate points for future lotteries. The Department ofInland Fisheries and 
Wildlife indicates there should be no net effect on General Fund revenue as a result of these provisions. 
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