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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 3 MRSA §959, sub-§1, ¶G, as amended by PL 2003, c. 600, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
G. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having
jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters
shall use the following list as a guideline for scheduling
reviews:

 
(1) Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife in
2005 2007;

 
(2) Advisory Board for the Licensing of Taxidermists
in 2007; and

 
(3) Atlantic Salmon Commission in 2011.

 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §10853, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A,
§2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:

 
4. 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 trap, a license to fish, archery hunting
licenses as provided in section 11109, subsection 7, a pheasant
hunting permit as provided in section 11156 and, a muzzle-loading
hunting license permit as provided in section 11109, subsection
4, a migratory waterfowl permit under section 11157, a bear
hunting permit under section 11151 and, upon meeting the
qualifications as established in section 12853, subsection 4, a
guide license. The commissioner shall issue the permit, or
permits or 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:

 
A. Is a resident as defined in section 10001, subsection
53;

 
B. Is a veteran as defined in Title 37-B, section 505,
subsection 2, paragraph A, subparagraph (3); and

 
C. Has a service-connected disability evaluated at:

 
(1) One hundred percent; or

 
(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


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