| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do | | not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless | | enacted as emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has | | adopted rules to establish an open turkey hunting season, without | | a lottery system of limited entry, beginning in 2006; and |
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| | | Whereas, this legislation authorizes opening the 2005 spring | | turkey season to all qualified applicants, without a lottery | | system of limited entry; and |
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| | | Whereas, this legislation must take effect prior to the | | beginning of this year's spring turkey season, scheduled to begin | | in May; and |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | Sec. 1. Authorized permits for all applicants. Resolved: That, | | notwithstanding any lottery system of limited entry in effect at | | the time of application, the Department of Inland Fisheries and | | Wildlife shall provide turkey hunting permits to all qualified | | persons who submitted timely applications for permits for the | | 2005 spring turkey hunting season. |
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| | | Nothing in this resolve may be construed to prohibit a system | | of alternate weeks of seasons within the open turkey hunting | | season. |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this resolve takes effect when approved. |
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| | | This resolve directs the Department of Inland Fisheries and | | Wildlife to provide turkey hunting permits to all qualified | | persons who submitted timely applications for permits for the | | 2005 spring turkey hunting season. |
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