An Act To Exempt Persons Who Have Served in the Armed Forces from the Requirement To Take a Hunter Safety Course To Obtain a Hunting License
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0307
Committee Amendment CA_A_H136 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §11105, 12 MRSA §11106, 12 MRSA §11106-A

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to H.P. 216, L.D. 307, Bill, "An Act To 
Exempt Persons Who Have Served in the Armed Forces from the Requirement To Take a 
Hunter Safety Course To Obtain a Hunting License" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Exempt Persons Who Serve in the Armed Forces from the Requirement 
To Take a Hunter Safety Course To Obtain a Hunting License' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the 
summary and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11105, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected 
by Pt. D, §7 and c. 614, §9, is amended to read: 
§11105. Safety course 
1. Hunter safety course requirements. A 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 an 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. 
2. 
Hunter safety course exemption for certain members of armed forces 
domiciled in State. A member of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty 
who is permanently stationed outside of the United States and home on leave is exempt 
from hunter safety course requirements under subsection 1 if that member shows proof at 
the time of application for the license that that member's home state of record, as recorded 
in that person's military service records, is Maine. A person who no longer meets the 
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conditions for an exemption under this subsection must satisfy the requirements of 
subsection 1. 
Sec.2. 12 MRSA §11106, as amended by PL 2007, c. 203, §§1 and 2, is further 
amended to read: 
§11106. Eligibility for archery hunting license 
1. Age requirement. A person is eligible to obtain an archery hunting license as 
provided in this section. 
A. 
A resident or nonresident 16 years of age or older who has satisfied the 
requirements of subsection 2 or holds an apprenticeship hunter license, or who is 
exempt under subsection 3, may obtain an archery hunting license to hunt with bow 
and arrow from the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized agent. 
B. A resident or nonresident 10 years of age or older and under 16 years of age may 
hunt with bow and arrow if that person holds a valid junior hunting license. 
2. Archery hunter education requirements. A Except as provided in subsection 3, 
~ 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 equivalent archery 
hunter education course or satisfactory evidence of having previously held an 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. 
3. Archery hunter education course exemption for members of armed forces 
domiciled in State. A member of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty 
who is permanently stationed outside of the United States and home on leave is exempt 
from archery hunter education course reguirements under subsection 2 if that member 
shows proof at the time of application for the license that that member's home state of 
record, as recorded in that person's military service records, is Maine. A person who no 
longer meets the conditions for an exemption under this subsection must satisfy the 
requirements of subsection 2. 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §11106-A, sub-§I, as amended by PL 2007, c. 203, §3, is 
further amended to read: 
1. Big game license. A resident or nonresident 16 years of age or older who has 
satisfied the requirements of subsection 3 or who is exempt under subsection 4 and who 
holds a valid big game license or an apprenticeship hunter license may obtain a crossbow 
license to hunt with a crossbow from the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized 
agent. 
Sec.4. 12 MRSA §11106-A, sub-§4 is enacted to read: 
4. Crossbow hunter education course exemption for members of armed forces 
domiciled in State. A member of the Armed Forces of the United States on active duty 
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who is permanently stationed outside of the United States and home on leave is exempt 
from crossbow hunter education course requirements under subsection 3 if that member 
shows proof at the time of application for the license that that member's home state of 
record, as recorded in that person's military service records, is Maine. A person who no 
longer meets the requirements of this subsection must satisfy the conditions for 
exemption under subsection 3.' 
SU~RY 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee and replaces the bill, 
exempts active-duty members of the United States Armed Forces who are stationed 
outside of the United States and home on leave from having to take a hunter safety course 
to obtain a hunting license. 
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