Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7076, sub-§16 is enacted to read:

16.__Open-faced reels.__The commissioner shall adopt rules permitting fly-fishing with an open-faced reel for any person who, due to a physical disability, would not be able to fly-fish without the use of such a reel.__Rules adopted under this subsection are major substantive rules under Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A.

SUMMARY

This bill requires the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to adopt rules that permit physically disabled persons to fly-fish with an open-faced reel if their disability would prevent them from fly-fishing without the use of this type of reel.