Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7406, sub-§7, as amended by PL 1997, c. 116, §1, is further amended to read:

7. Shooting from or across a public paved way. A person is guilty of hunting from or across a public paved way if that person hunts shoots at any wild animal or wild bird from any public paved way or within 10 feet of the edge of the pavement of the public paved way or from within the right-of-way of any controlled access highway or discharges any firearm across a public paved way. Nothing in this subsection prohibits a person who has a valid permit to carry a concealed weapon from possessing such a weapon on or near a public paved way as long as it is not used for hunting shooting at wild animals or wild birds or discharged in violation of this subsection.

SUMMARY

This bill changes the current prohibition on hunting wild birds and wild animals from a public paved way to a prohibition on shooting at wild birds and wild animals from a paved way.