An Act To Amend Certain Provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 1732
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: MARTIN
Amends: 12 MRSA §10801, 12 MRSA §11152, 12 MRSA §13060, 12 MRSA §13060-A

Legislative Document 
No. 1732
S.P. 592 
In Senate, January 4, 2012
An Act To Amend Certain Provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Laws 
Submitted by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Joint Rule 204. 
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed. 
JOSEPH G. CARLETON, JR. 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator MARTIN of Kennebec. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §10801, sub-§6, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is repealed. 
Sec. 2.  12 MRSA §11152, sub-§3, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is repealed. 
Sec. 3.  12 MRSA §11152, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2007, c. 492, §4, is further 
amended to read: 
4.  Landowner consideration.  An antlerless deer permit system adopted by the 
commissioner pursuant to this section may include a provision giving special 
consideration to landowners who keep their lands open to hunting by the public.  As part 
of the special consideration to those landowners, the commissioner shall provide at least 
25% of the available antlerless deer permits in a wildlife management district to eligible 
landowners that apply for an antlerless deer permit in that district.  Any 2 or more areas 
of land owned by the same person that are open for hunting and that would be contiguous 
except for being divided by one or more roads are considered contiguous for the purposes 
of determining landowner eligibility for special consideration under this subsection.  For 
purposes of this subsection, "eligible landowner" includes any shareholder in an 
association of landowners or in a corporation that qualifies under the United States 
Internal Revenue Code as an S corporation if the principal business of the corporation or 
association is forestry or agriculture and the land is 25 or more contiguous acres in size, is 
agricultural, forested or undeveloped land and is open to hunting, including hunting by 
permission.  Dependents of shareholders are not eligible for special consideration under 
this subsection. 
Sec. 4.  12 MRSA §13060, as repealed and replaced by PL 2009, c. 340, §19, is 
repealed. 
Sec. 5.  12 MRSA §13060-A is enacted to read: 
§13060-A.  Temporary registration certificate 
1.  Twenty-day certificate.  The commissioner may issue temporary registration 
certificates to a registered dealer, who may, upon the sale or exchange of a boat, issue a 
temporary registration certificate to a new owner in order to allow the new owner to 
operate the boat for a period of 20 consecutive days after the date of sale in lieu of a 
permanent number as required by this chapter. The fee for each temporary registration 
certificate is $1. 
2.  Penalty.  A person who operates a boat with an expired temporary registration 
certificate commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $50 nor more than 
$250 may be adjudged. 
SUMMARY 
This bill removes a penalty of 18% annual interest for each day a license agent is 
delinquent in forwarding collected fees to the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and 
Wildlife. 
The bill also removes language that prohibits the percentage of antlerless deer 
permits issued to nonresident and alien hunters from exceeding the average percentage of 
applicants for antlerless deer permits over the previous 3 years who were nonresidents or 
aliens. 
The bill establishes that a shareholder in a landowner association or in an S 
corporation that owns a certain amount and type of land is eligible to apply for an 
antlerless deer permit as a landowner. 
The bill enacts a penalty provision for operating a boat with an expired temporary 
registration certificate.