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An Act To Amend the Laws Governing Tagging of Harvested Animals To Reflect the Closure of Tagging Stations Due to Holidays and Other Legitimate Reasons
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §12303-A, sub-§1-A, ¶¶B and C, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §230 and affected by §422, are amended to read:
 
B. A person may leave an unregistered animal harvested by that person in the woods if that person notifies a game warden within 18 hours as to the location of that animal and the circumstances necessitating leaving that animal in the woods; and
 
C. A person on a hunting trip in an unorganized township and staying at a temporary place of lodging may keep an unregistered harvested animal at the temporary place of lodging for no more than 7 days or until that person leaves the woods, whichever comes first.; and
Sec. 2.  12 MRSA §12303-A, sub-§1-A, ¶D  is enacted to read:
 
D.  A person may keep an unregistered animal harvested by that person until a registration station within a reasonable distance of the person is open if the person legally harvests the animal and no registration station within a reasonable distance of the person is open within the time limit under subsection 1 due to a holiday or other legitimate reason.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows a person who has legally harvested an animal to keep the unregistered animal until a registration station within a reasonable distance of the person is open if no registration stations within a reasonable distance of the person are open due to a holiday or other legitimate reason.