An Act To Amend Certain Provisions ofth~) Fish and Wildlife Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1435
Committee Amendment CA_A_H500 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §10001, 12 MRSA §1010, 12 MRSA §10108, 12 MRSA §11106, 12 MRSA §11109, 12 MRSA §11152, 12 MRSA §114, 12 MRSA §1251, 12 MRSA §12501, 12 MRSA §12503, 12 MRSA §12708, 12 MRSA §12952, 12 MRSA §13056

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 1024, L.D. 1435, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend Certain Provisions ofth~) Fish and Wildlife Laws" 
Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10001, sub-§14, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by c. 614, §9, is repealed.' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following: 
'Sec. 3.~ 12 MRSA §1010;g, sub-§§2 and 5, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, 
§2 and affected by c. 614, §9, afl~ amended to read: 
2. Promotion of hunting, fishing and camping. The commissioner may implement 
a program designed to promote fisheries and wildlife resources and attract hunters and 
anglers to the State. As part of this program, the commissioner may reduce the price of 
certain types of licenses for specified periods of time to promote license sales for hunting 
and fishing in the State. The commissioner may offer complimentary licenses as part of a 
department program or for promotional pUIposes. 
Any loss of revenue due to the 
issuance of complimentary licen:;es under this subsection may be offset by revenues from 
other department programs and funds dedicated to the Division of Public Information and 
Education. The commissioner may implement a program that expends funds for the 
pUIpose of recognizing individuals who contribute, either through volunteer efforts or 
some other form of contribution, to the mission of the department. This program These 
programs may include coordination of activities between the public and private sectors 
and utilization of promotional missions, exhibits, brochures, technical assistance and 
expertise as necessary to develop and promote hunting, fishing and camping activities 
within the State. The commissioner shall coordinate this program these programs with 
the activities of the Department of Economic and Community Development. 
Any 
purchases made as a result of that coordination must be by competitive bid. 
5. "Hooked on Fishing N()l, on »rugs" program. The "Hooked on Fishing Not on 
Drugs" program is established in the department to encourage youth fishing activities in 
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the State. 
The commissioner may accept money, goods or services donated to the 
department for the "Hooked on Fishing Not on Drugs" program. Money, goods and 
services accepted by th"e commissioner under this subsection may be used only for these 
program activities, including providing gifts to program participants, and to promote and 
market the program. Gifts may include but are not limited to complimentary fishing 
licenses, fishing tackle and fishing equipment. 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §10108, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §30 
and affected by §422, is amended to read: 
10. Becoming an Outdoors Woman. The Becoming an Outdoors Woman program 
lOis established in the department to encourage women to participate in hunting, fishing and 
other outdoor activities within the State. The commissioner may sponsor Becoming an 
Outdoors Woman events, establish appropriate fees for participation and accept money, 
goods and services donated to the department for the Becoming an Outdoors Woman 
program. Money, goods and services accepted by the commissioner under this subsection 
may be used only for program activities, including activities designed to enhance the 
program such as giving gifts to program participants, or to assist in promoting and 
marketing the program.' 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 6 and 7 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 6. 12 MRSA § 111 05, su b-§ 1, as amended by PL 20 J3, c. 139, § 1, is further 
amended to read: 
1. Hunter safety course requirements. Except as provided in subsection 2, a 
person who applies for a Maine license to hunt with firearms other than a juvenile license 
must submit proof of having successfully completed a hunter safety course as provided in 
section 10108 or an equivalent hunter safety course or satisfactory evidence of having 
previously held aft a valid adult license to hunt with firearms in this State or any other 
state, province or country in any year beginning with 1976. 
When proof of competency can not otherwise be provided, the applicant may substitute a 
signed affidavit that the applicant has previously held the required adult hunting license 
or that the applicant has successfully completed the required hunter safety course. 
Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §11106, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2013, c. 139, §2, is further 
amended to read: 
2. Archery hunter education requirements. Except as provided in subsection 3, a 
person who applies for an archery hunting license other than a junior hunting license or 
an apprenticeship hunter license must submit proof of having successfully completed an 
archery hunter education course as described in section 10108 or an ~:quivalent archery 
hunter education course or satisfactory evidence of having previously held aft a valid 
adult archery hunting license issued specifically for the purpose of hunting with bow and 
arrow in this State or any other state, province or country in any year after 1979. 
When proof or evidence can not be otherwise provided, the applicant may substitute a 
signed affidavit that the applicant has previously held the required adult archery hunting 
license or has successfully completed the required archery hunter education course.' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 8 the following: 
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'Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §11109, sub-§3, ,F, as amended by PL 2009, c. 21.3, Pt. 00, 
§2, is further amended to read: 
F. A nonresident junior hunting license, for a person 10 years of age or older and 
under 16 years of age, is $34. 
Notwithstanding the permit fees established in 
subchapter 3, a nonresident junior hunting license includes all permits, stamps and 
other permissions needed to hunt at no additional cost. 
Sec. 10. 12 MRSA §11152, sub-§7, as amended by PL 2011, c. 533, §4, is 
further amended to read: 
7. Special antlerless deer permit. The commissioner shall issue a special antlerless 
deer permit to an eligible person who is suffering from the loss afar the permanent loss 
of use of both lower extremitiflS- has lost all or part of one or more lower limbs, not 
including a partial foot amputation. 
The commissioner shall issue a permit upon 
application and after the applicant verifies that person's ambulatory disability with a letter 
signed by a physician confirming the person's condition. 
A person who is issued a 
special antlerless deer permit under this subsection may take an antlerless deer in any part 
of the State open to the taking of antlerless deer pursuant to subsection 3.' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 10 the following: 
'Sec. 11. 12 MRSA §114!53, sub-§I, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read: 
1. Unlawfully driving deer. A person may not participate in a hunt for deer during 
which an organized or planned effort is made to drive deer except that a group of 3 or 
fewer persons may huHt togethE!f as long as they do not lise noisemaking devices. For 
pumoses of this subsection, 4 or more persons working together to move deer constitutes 
an organized or planned effort to drive deer.' 
Amend the bill by striking O'lt all of section 13 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 13. 12 MRSA §1251~1, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by c. 614, §9, is repealed. 
Sec. 14. 12 MRSA §12501, sub-§6,,n, as amended by PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. 00, 
§ 11, is repealed. 
Sec. 15. 12 MRSA §12503, sub-§I, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by c. 614, §9, is amende:d to read: 
1. Persons under 16. A resident person under 16 years of age aTld a f1AflTsr;;idsflt 
under 12 years of aile may fish without a license. 
Sec. 16. 12 MRSA §12708, sub-§I, ~, as amended by PL 2011, c. 253, §34, is 
further amended to read: 
B. The following areas are classified as state-owned wildlife management areas, or 
"WMAs": 
(1) 
Blanchard/AuClair WMA (Roach River Corridor) - T1 R14 WELS -
Piscataquis County; 
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(2) Bro'NBfield Major Gregory Sanborn WMA - Brownfield, Denmark, Fryeburg 
- Oxford County; 
(3) 
George Bucknam WMA (Belgrade Stream) - Mt. V~:rnon - Kennebec 
County; 
(4) Caesar Pond WMA - Bowdoin - Sagadahoc County; 
(5) Chesterville WMA - Chesterville - Franklin County; 
(6) Coast of Maine WMA - all state-owned coastal islands that are owned or 
managed by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; 
(7) Dickwood Lake WMA - Eagle Lake - Aroostook County; 
(8) Francis D. Dunn WMA (Sawtelle Deadwater) - T6 R7 WELS - Penobscot 
County; 
(9) Fahi Pond WMA - Embden - Somerset County; 
(10) Lyle Frost WMA (formerly Scammon) - Eastbrook, Franklin - Hancock 
County; 
(11) 
Alonzo H. Garcelon WMA (Mud Mill Flowage) - Augusta, Windsor, 
Vassalboro, China - Kennebec County; 
(12) Great Works WMA - Edmunds Township - Washington County; 
(13) 
Jamies Pond WMA - Manchester, Farmingdale, Hallowell - Kennebec 
County; 
(14) Jonesboro WMA - Jonesboro - Washington County; 
(15) Earle R. Kelley WMA (Dresden Bog) - Alna, Dresden - Lincoln County; 
(16) Kennebunk Plains WMA - Kennebunk - York County; 
(17) Bud Leavitt WMA (Bull Hill) - Atkinson, Charleston, Dover-Foxcroft, 
Garland - Penobscot County and Piscataquis County; 
(18) Gene Letourneau WMA (Frye Mountain) - Montville:, Knox, Morrill -
Waldo County; 
(19) Long Lake WMA - St. Agatha - Aroostook County (all of Long Lake within 
the Town of St. Agatha); 
. 
(20) Madawaska WMA - Palmyra - Somerset County; 
(20-A) Maine Youth Conservation WMA - T32MD - Hancock County; 
(21) Mainstream WMA - Cambridge, Ripley - Somerset County; 
(22) 
Lt. Gordon Manuel WMA - Hodgdon, Cary Plantation, Linneus -
Aroostook County; 
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(23) 
Maynard F. Marsh WMA (Killick Pond) - Hollis, Limington - York 
County; 
(24) Mercer Bog WMA - Mercer - Somerset County; 
(25) 
Menyrneeting Bay WMA - Dresden, Bowdoinham, Woolwich, Bath, 
Topsham - Lincoln County and Sagadahoc County; 
(26) Morgan Meadow WMA - Raymond - Cumberland County; 
(27) Mt. Agamenticus WMA - York, South Berwick - York County; 
(28) Muddy River WMA - Topsham - Sagadahoc County; 
(29) Narraguagus Junction WMA - Chenyfield - Washington County; 
(30) Old Pond Farm WMA - Maxfield, Howland - Penobscot County; 
(31) Orange River WMA - Whiting - Washington County; 
(32) Peaks Island WMA - Portland - Cumberland County; 
(33) Pennamaquam ~IA - Pembroke, Charlotte - Washington County; 
(34) Steve Powell ~IA - Perkins Township - Sagadahoc County (being the 
islands in the Kennebec River near Richmond known as Swan Island and Little 
Swan Island, formerly known as Alexander Islands); 
(35) David Priest WMA (Dwinal Pond) - Lee, Winn - Penobscot County; 
(36) James Dorso Ruffi.ngham Meadow WMA - Montville, Searsmont - Waldo 
County; 
(37) St. Albans WMA - St. Albans - Somerset County; 
(38) Sandy Point WMA - Stockton Springs - Waldo County; 
(39) Scarborough WMA - Scarborough, Old Orchard Beach, Saco - Cumberland 
County and Y ork Coun~{; 
(40) Steep Falls WMA·· Standish, Baldwin - Cumberland County; 
(41) Tyler Pond WMA·· Manchester, Augusta - Kennebec County; 
(42) Vernon S. Walker WMA - Newfield, Shapleigh - York County; 
(43) R. Waldo Tyler Weskeag Marsh WMA - South Thomaston, Thomaston, 
Rockland, Owl's Head, Friendship - Knox County; 
(43-A) 
Kennebec River Estuary WMA - Arrowsic, Bath, Georgetown, 
Phippsburg, West Bath, Woolwich - Sagadahoc County; 
(43-B) Tolla Wolla WN,A - Livermore - Androscoggin County; 
(43-C) Green Point WMA - Dresden - Lincoln County; 
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(43-D) Hurds Pond WMA - Swanville - Waldo County; 
(43-E) Sherman Lake WMA - Newcastle, Damariscotta - Lincoln County; 
(43-F) Ducktrap River WMA - Belmont, Lincolnville - Waldo County; 
(45) Stump Pond WMA - New Vineyard - Franklin County; 
(46) Bog Brook WMA - Beddington, Deblois '- Washington County; 
(47) Cobscook Bay WMA - Lubec, Pembroke, Perry, Trescott Township -
Washington County; 
(48) Mattawamkeag River System WMA - Drew Plantation, Kingman Township, 
Prentiss Township, Webster Township - Penobscot County; 
(49) Booming Ground WMA - Forest City - Washington Coun~y; 
(50) Butler Island WMA - Ashland - Aroostook County; 
(51) Pollard Flat WMA - Masardis - Aroostook County; 
(52) Caribou Bog WMA - Old Town, Orono - Penobscot County; 
(53) Delano WMA - Monson - Piscataquis County; 
(54) Egypt Bay WMA - Hancock - Hancock County; 
(55) Spring Brook WMA - Hancock - Hancock County; 
(56) Strong WMA - Strong - Franklin County; 
(57) Plymouth Bog WMA - Plymouth - Penobscot County; and 
(58) 
Such other areas as the commissioner designates, by rules adopted in 
accordance with section 12701, as state-owned wildlife management areas. 
Sec. 17. 12 MRSA §12952, sub-§2, ~A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read: 
A. Possess, at the licensee's place of business, lawfully acquired fish or wildlife 
specimens for the sole purpose of preparing and mounting them, including skull 
mounts; 
Sec. 18. 12 MRSA §13056, sub-§2, ~F, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read: 
F. 
A motorboat from a country other than the United States, as long as the 
motorboat has not been within this State for a period in excess of 60 consecutive 
days;aaa 
Sec. 19. 12 MRSA §13056, sub-§2, ~G, as corrected by RR 2003, c. 1, §9 and 
affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and PL 2005, c. 397, Pt. A, §§55 and 56, is amended to 
read: 
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I 
G. A motorboat used exclusively for racing purposes that displays on its hull in a 
prominent manner a valid boat number issued by a recognized racing association7~ 
and 
Sec. 20. 12 MRSA §13056, sub-§2, ~ 
is enacted to read: 
H. A motorboat participating in an event as permitted by section 13061. 
Sec.21. 12 ~RSA §13109, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by c. 614, §9, is amend~:d to read: 
4. Temporary registrations and numbers. The commissioner may issue temporary 
numbers and registrations for snowmobiles to bona fide dealers~ who may, upon the sale 
or exchange of a snowmobile, issue them to new owners in order to allow them to operate 
snowmobiles for a period of 20 consecutive days after the day date of sale in lieu of a 
permanent number as required by this chapter. The fee for each temporary registration 
certificate is $1.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment strikes the provision of the bill regarding registration of antique 
motorboats. This amendment also: 
1. 
Waives the boat regiBtration requirement for motorboats participating in a 
permitted event; 
2. Renames a wildlife management area after Major Gregory Sanborn; 
3. Allows the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to charge a $1 fee for a 
temporary registration certificat(~ for a snowmobile dealer; 
4. Changes what constitutes driving deer; 
5. Includes skull mounts as part of the list of activities that a taxidermist license 
holder may partake in; 
6. 
Allows certain Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife programs to offer 
gifts; 
7. Clarifies the law that a.llows for special antlerless deer permits to be issued to 
certain amputees; 
8. Eliminates the fishing llcense requirement for all individuals under 16 years of 
age; and 
9. Includes all nonresident junior hunting permits in a nonresident junior hunting 
license at no additional cost. 
FlSCAL ~OTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 06/11113 
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LD 1435 
LR477(02) 
An Act To Amend Certain Provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Laws 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment A' (H -5 C£) ') 
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2013-14 
FY 2014-15 
$48,750 
$65,000 
($48,750) 
($65,000) 
Decreases the number of civil violations, Class E and Class D crimes. 
A reduction in fines will decrease General Fund revenue by minor amounts. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Projections 
FY 2015-16 
$65,000 
($65,000) 
Projections 
FY 2016-17 
$65,000 
($65,000) 
This legislation eliminates the nonresident junior fishing license and would result in a loss of General Fund revenue of 
$48,750 in fiscal year 2013-14 and $65,000 in fiscal year 2014-15 and ongoing. Other provisions ofthis legislation 
may reduce General Fund revenues by minor amounts not requiring any change to the budget. Additional costs to the 
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife associated with implementing the provisions of this legislation can be 
absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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