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An Act To Allow the Owner of Waterfront Property To Fish That Body of Water without a Fishing License
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §12503, sub-§2-A  is enacted to read:
 
2-A.  Waterfront property owner.     An individual who owns waterfront property on a great pond may fish that great pond without a fishing license. An individual who owns waterfront property on a river or stream may fish that river or stream from that individual’s property without a fishing license. This section does not apply to an individual whose license to fish is under suspension or revocation.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows the owner of waterfront property on a great pond to fish that great pond without a fishing license and the owner of waterfront property on a river or stream to fish that river or stream from that person’s property without a fishing license.