CHAPTER 331
H.P. 1095 - L.D. 1464
An Act to Amend the Laws Governing the Suspension and Revocation of Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7077, sub-§1-A, ¶G, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 136, §1, is repealed.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7077, sub-§1-B, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 346, §7, is further amended to read:
B. Taking or possessing sport fish in violation of bag, weight and size limits in violation of section 7604, as it relates to trout, salmon, togue and black bass, whenever the violation involves twice the general bag and possession limit adopted by rule by the commissioner for that species of fish in that body of water;
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7077, sub-§1-B, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 136, §1, is repealed.
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7077, sub-§1-D is enacted to read:
1-D. Waive. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7077-D, subsection 3, the commissioner may waive or reduce any mandatory minimum suspension period established in statute, upon determination by the commissioner that an inappropriate action contributed to or resulted in that revocation.
Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §7077-A, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 346, §11, is amended to read:
4. Conviction of violation of Title 17-A while hunting or fishing. If a person holding a license or permit under this chapter is convicted of the violation of any provision of Title 17-A while on a hunting or fishing trip or in the pursuit of wild animals, wild birds or fish, the commissioner may shall revoke the license or permit held by that person for a period not to exceed 5 years of at least one year, except when the killing or wounding of a human being has occurred, in which case the commissioner may shall revoke the license or permit for not less than at least 5 years.
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §7077-A, last ¶, as amended by PL 1995, c. 346, §11, is repealed.
Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §7456-B, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 543, §43, is repealed.
Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §7901, sub-§3-A, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 89, §2, is repealed.
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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