Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7502, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 420, §1, is amended to read:

2. Employment of agents. That A person who is qualified to take or kill a nuisance animal pursuant to subsection 1 and whose land is open to hunting may authorize a member of his the person's immediate family or someone employed by him that person to take or kill those deer or other wild animals. When he the person employs someone not domiciled on the land where the damage is being done to take or kill the deer or other wild animals, he the person shall apply to the game warden in charge of the district in which the orchard or crop are is located for permission to employ such a person and shall obtain permission from the warden in writing.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7502, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

2-A.__Lottery hunt.__A person who is qualified to take or kill a nuisance animal pursuant to subsection 1 and whose land is closed to hunting may apply to the game warden in charge of the district in which the orchard or crop is located for a hunt to be conducted on the subject property.__If approved, the department shall hold a lottery available to all hunters who hold a license pursuant to chapter 707, subchapter II to determine who will conduct the hunt.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in the Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7502, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1979, c. 723, §22, is further amended to read:

4. Warden's certificate. The game warden shall immediately investigate the case and, if he the game warden is satisfied that the deer or other wild animal was taken as provided in this section, he the game warden shall give the person who killed the deer or other wild animal a certificate of his the game warden's finding in the matter. The certificate entitles the person to the ownership of the carcass or carcasses, to be possessed and consumed only within the immediate family of the owner of the crops or the person who killed the deer or other wild animal. If the hunt was conducted pursuant to subsection 2 or 2-A, the landowner may possess and consume only the first 2 carcasses of deer killed or taken during the hunt.__The landowner shall donate any excess carcasses after the first 2 carcasses of deer killed or taken during the hunt to the Hunters for the Hungry Program.