Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7076, sub-§15 is enacted to read:

15.__Persons with disability.__The commissioner may issue an archery hunting license to a person with a crossbow who is recognized by that person's physician, in writing, as someone whose movement is limited due to a medical condition and is disabled by that condition.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7102-A, sub-§6, ¶A, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 24, §3 and affected by §7, is amended to read:

A. It is legal, except as otherwise provided in chapters 701 to 721, to hunt any wild bird or wild animal with a hand-held bow and arrow during any open season on that bird or animal and with a crossbow if the holder of the license is recognized as disabled under section 7076.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7406, sub-§17, ¶G, as amended by PL 1993, c. 24, §5 and affected by §7, is further amended to read:

G. Hunts any wild animal or wild bird with a crossbow or set bow except as provided in sections 7076 and 7102-A;

SUMMARY

This bill allows a disabled person to use a crossbow during archery hunting season.