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life of the license holder, provided the license holder continues | | to satisfy the residency requirements set out in section 7001, | | subsection 32 and provided the license is not revoked or suspended. | | Residents who apply for these complimentary licenses at any time | | during the calendar year of their 70th birthday must be issued a | | license upon application, regardless of the actual date during that | | calendar year in which they attain age 70. A guide license may be | | renewed without charge for any resident of Maine who is 70 years of | | age or older upon application to the commissioner. The application | | must be accompanied by a birth certificate or other certified | | evidence of the applicant's date of birth and residency. When the | | holder of a license issued under this subsection no longer | | satisfies the residency requirements set out in section 7001, | | subsection 32, the license is no longer valid and further use of | | the license for purposes of hunting, fishing or trapping | | constitutes a license violation under section 7371, subsection 3. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7076, sub-§4-B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 432, §14, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | 4-B. Resident disabled veteran. A resident disabled veteran | | may apply to the commissioner for one or more of the following | | complimentary permits and licenses: a license to hunt with a | firearm, a license to fish, anlicense | as provided in section | | hunting permit as provided in section 7106-B and a muzzle-loading | | hunting license as provided in section 7107-A. The commissioner | | must issue the permit, license or licenses requested under this | | subsection if the commissioner determines the applicant is a | | resident disabled veteran and is not otherwise ineligible to hold | | that permit or license. For the purposes of this subsection, | | "resident disabled veteran" means a person who: |
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| | | A. Is a resident as defined in section 7001, subsection 32; |
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| | | B. Is a veteran as defined in Title 37-B, section 505, | | subsection 1, paragraph A, subparagraph (5); and |
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| | | C. Has a service-connected disability evaluated at: |
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| | | (1) One hundred percent; or |
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| | | (2) Seventy percent or more as a result of honorable | | military service and who has served in a combat zone | | during any armed conflict in which participants were | | exposed to war risk hazards as defined in 42 United | | States Code, Section 1711 (b). |
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