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LR 454
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 7 MRSA §1331, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 765, §1, is
further amended to read:

 
2. License. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Resources may issue a license for the propagation,
possession, purchase or sale of domesticated deer and for the
sale of meat from domesticated deer. Any holder of such a
license may raise domesticated deer at any season of the year
for purposes of propagation. Appropriate certification must
accompany any meat from domestic deer offered for sale. The
fee for the license is $20 a year. Except as provided in
section 1346, license License fees must be deposited in the
Animal Industry Fund established in section 1332.

 
Sec. 2. 7 MRSA §1332, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 765, §2, is
amended to read:

 
§1332. Animal Industry Fund

 
The Treasurer of State shall establish a separate account
known as the Animal Industry Fund. This fund does not lapse
but must be carried forward. Except as provided in section
1346, license License fees collected under section 1331,
subsection 2 and license and tagging fees collected under
section 1342, subsections 3 and 4 must be deposited in the
account. Funds from this account may be used to pay for
administrative costs associated with licenses issued under
sections section 1331 and 1342, tags issued under section 1342
and other costs associated with administration and enforcement
of this chapter and chapter 202-A.

 
Sec. 3. 7 MRSA c. 202-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 765, §3, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 4. 7 MRSA §1751, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2001, c. 572, §23, is
further amended to read:

 
2. Domestic animals. "Domestic animals" means cattle,
equines, goats, sheep, swine, cats, dogs, domesticated
cervidae or other domesticated animals; large game as defined
in section 1341, subsection 5; and poultry.

 
Sec. 5. 7 MRSA §4011, sub-§1, ¶G, as amended by PL 2001, c. 617, §9,
is further amended to read:

 
G. Hunts, traps or sells for the purpose of hunting any
animal, except as permitted pursuant to Title 7, chapter
202-A and Title 12, Part 10;


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