An Act To Allow Sunday Hunting North of U.S. Route 2 from the New Hampshire Border to Bangor, North of Route 9 from Bangor to the Canadian Border and within That Portion of the White Mountain National Forest inside the State
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1212
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: ORDWAY
Amends: 12 MRSA §10501, 12 MRSA §11205

Legislative Document
No. 1212
H.P. 887
House of Representatives, March 24, 2021
An Act To Allow Sunday Hunting North of U.S. Route 2 from the 
New Hampshire Border to Bangor, North of Route 9 from Bangor to 
the Canadian Border and within That Portion of the White 
Mountain National Forest inside the State
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 22, 2021.  Referred to the Committee on 
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint 
Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative ORDWAY of Standish.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §10501, sub-§9, ¶B, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
B.  The hunting equipment is fastened in a case; or
Sec. 2.  12 MRSA §10501, sub-§9, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 
and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
C.  The hunting equipment is carried in at least 2 separate pieces in such a manner that 
it can not be fired, unless the separate pieces are joined together.  For the purpose of 
this subsection, a clip, magazine or cylinder of a firearm may not be considered a piece 
of the hunting equipment.  Bows and arrows must be kept in a case or cover if 
broadheads or field points are kept attached to the arrows.; or
Sec. 3.  12 MRSA §10501, sub-§9, ¶D is enacted to read:
D.  The person is hunting on Sunday pursuant to section 11205, subsection 1-A.
Sec. 4.  12 MRSA §11205, as amended by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §137 and affected 
by §422, is further amended to read:
§11205.  Hunting on Sunday
1.  Prohibition.  A person may not:
A.  Hunt wild animals or wild birds on Sunday, except as provided in subsection 1-A; 
or
B.  Possess any wild animal or wild bird taken in violation of paragraph A except as 
otherwise provided in this Part.
1-A.  Hunting allowed on Sunday.  A person may hunt wild animals or wild birds on 
Sunday north of U.S. Route 2 from the New Hampshire border to Bangor, north of Route 
from Bangor to the Canadian border and within any portion of the White Mountain 
National Forest in the State, subject to all other requirements, laws and rules governing that 
hunting.  The department shall adopt rules to implement this subsection.  Rules adopted 
pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, 
subchapter 2-A.
2.  Penalties.  A person who violates subsection 1 commits a Class E crime.
SUMMARY
This bill allows persons to hunt wild animals and wild birds on Sunday north of U.S. 
Route 2 from the New Hampshire border to Bangor, north of Route 9 from Bangor to the 
Canadian border and within any portion of the White Mountain National Forest in the State.  
The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is directed to adopt rules to implement 
this provision.