Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§13 is enacted to read:

13.__Tribal sustenance moose hunting permit.__Notwithstanding subsections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 and section 11601, the commissioner may, upon application, issue sustenance moose hunting permits to members of the Penobscot Indian Nation, the Passamaquoddy Tribe, the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, the Aroostook Band of Micmacs and the Wabanaki Confederacy.__The permits allow members of those tribes to harvest moose for sustenance on land owned by the State.__The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer the permits and to regulate the hunt and may adopt any other rules the commissioner considers necessary for the protection of the moose resource.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

SUMMARY

This bill establishes tribal sustenance moose hunting permits that allow members of certain tribes to hunt moose on land owned by the State. The bill requires the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to adopt rules to administer the permits and to protect the moose resource.