An Act To
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0705
Committee Amendment CA_A_S82 (Senate)
Amends: 12 MRSA §10853, 12 MRSA §1, 12 MRSA §11106-A, 12 MRSA §11107, 12 MRSA §11108, 12 MRSA §11109

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INLAND :FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE 
L.D.705 
(Filing No. s-82. ) 
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SENATE 
l2:6TH LEGISLATURE 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A " 
to S.P. 254, L.D. 705, Bill, "An Act To 
Amend the Junior Hunting License Requirements" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10853, sub-§8, as amended by PL 2011, c. 327, § 1, is further 
amended to read: 
8. Members of federally recognized nation, band or tribe. The commissioner 
shall issue a hunting, trapping and fishing license, including permits, stamps and other 
permission needed to hunt, trap and fish, to a person, 10 years of age or older, or who will 
attain 10 years of age in the calendar year of the hunting season, who is an enrolled 
member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Penobscot Nation, the Houlton Band of 
Maliseet Indians or the Aroostook Band of Micmacs that is valid for the life of that 
person without any charge or fel::! if the person presents certification from the respective 
reservation governor or the Aroostook Micmac Council stating that the person described 
is an enrolled member of a federally recognized nation, band or tribe listed in this 
subsection. Holders of these licenses are subject to this Part, including, but not limited to, 
a lottery or drawing system for issuing a particular license or permit. 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §1l102, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and repealed and 
replaced by c. 655, Pt. B, § 111 and affected by §422, is amended to read: 
§11102. Age limitation for obtaining hunting license 
A person under 10 years of age is ineligible to obtain a hunting license, except that a 
person who is under 10 years of age but who will attain 10 years of age in the calendar 
year of the hunting season is eligible. 
Sec.3. 12 MRSA §1l10(t, sub-§I, ,B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read: 
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B. A resident or nonresident 10 years of age or older and under 16 years of age, or 
who will attain 10 years of age in the calendar year of the hunting season, may hunt 
with bow and arrow if that person holds a valid junior hunting license. 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §11106-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 419, §3 and 
affected by § 12, is amended to read: 
2. Junior license. A resident or nonresident 10 years of age or older and under 16 
years of age, or who will attain 10 years of age in the calendar year of the hunting season, 
may hunt with a crossbow if that person holds a valid junior hunting license. 
Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §11107, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2005, c. 397, Pt. E, §5, is 
further amended to read: 
2. Junior license. A person 10 years of age or older and under 16 years of age, or 
who will attain 10 years of age in the calendar year of the hunting season, may obtain a 
muzzle-loading permit from the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent if 
the person possesses a valid junior hunting license. 
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §11108, sub-§I, as amended by PL 2005, c. 419, §4 and 
affected by § 12, is further amended to read: 
1. On certain land. Notwithstanding section 11109, subsection 1 as it applies to this 
subchapter, a resident evef 10 years of age or older, or who will attain 10 years of age in 
the calendar year of the hunting season, and a member of the resident's immediate family 
over 10 years of age, as long as the hunter's license to hunt is not under suspension or 
revocation, may hunt without a license, including, but not limited to, an archery hunting 
license, a crossbow hunting license and a muzzle-loading license, on a single plot of land: 
A. To which they are legally entitled to possession; 
B. On which they are actually domiciled; 
C. That is used exclusively for agricultural purposes; and 
D. That is in excess of 10 acres. 
Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §11109, sub-§3, ~~A and F, as amended by PL 2009, c. 213, 
Pt. 00, §2, are further amended to read: 
A. A resident junior hunting license, for a person 10 years of age or older and under 
years of age, or who will attain 10 years of age in the calendar year of the hunting 
season, is $7. Notwithstanding the permit fees established in subchapter 3, a resident 
junior hunting license includes all permits, stamps and other permissions needed to 
hunt at no additional cost. 
F. A nonresident junior hunting license, for a person 10 years of age or older and 
under 16 years of age, or who will attain 10 years of age in the calendar year of the 
hunting season, is $34.' 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A" to S.P. 254, L.D. 705 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, amends the age 
limitation for obtaining a hunting license to allow a hunting license to be issued to a 
person who attains 10 years of age in the calendar year of the hunting season. 
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