CHAPTER 139
H.P. 652 - L.D. 875
An Act To Promote and Advance Wild Ring-necked Pheasant Propagation
Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas, the spring hunting season for male pheasants will commence before the 90-day period expires for the effective date of legislation passed in the First Regular Session of the 121st Legislature; and
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7106-B, sub-§4, ¶C is enacted to read:
C. A person may not take a female pheasant in an area subject to the provisions of section 7472. A person who violates this paragraph commits a Class E crime.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7472 is enacted to read:
The commissioner shall establish by rule a hunting season for male pheasants that disallows the taking of female pheasants in certain areas of the State. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
Sec. 3. Rulemaking. Immediately upon the effective date of this Act, the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall implement the provisions of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 7472 by creating a fall hunting season for male pheasants that disallows the taking of female pheasants in Wildlife Management District 24 as defined in the agency rules of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.
Effective May 14, 2003.
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