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

 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7406, sub-§20, ¶D is enacted to read:

 
D.__Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 4:

 
(1)__The commissioner may authorize a private landowner
who owns a continuous piece of property that is greater
than 500 acres and located entirely within unorganized
territory to open that property to hunters licensed to
hunt on Sunday.__The commissioner may not authorize
Sunday hunting on any property that adjoins public
property defined as a park under section 1801 or
established pursuant to section 7651 or section 8003,
subsection 3, paragraph N; and

 
(2)__The commissioner may issue Sunday hunting permits
to hunt rabbit or grouse during the regular open season
on authorized private property as described in
subparagraph (1).__The fee for a Sunday hunting permit
is $15.__All revenues raised pursuant to this paragraph
must be deposited in a dedicated account to be used
only for the purposes described in section 7035,
subsection 13.

 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7901-A, sub-§6, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 421, Pt.
B, §88 and affected by Pt. C, §1, is amended to read:

 
A. Chapter 709, subchapter I violations:

 
(1) Shooting at or near wildfowl decoys as described
in section 7406, subsection 11;

 
(2) Hunting without hunter orange clothing as
described in section 7406, subsection 12; and

 
(3) Allowing a junior hunter to hunt without adult
supervision as described in section 7406, subsection
21; and

 
(4)__A landowner's allowing Sunday hunting on that
landowner's property without prior authorization of the
commissioner as described in 7406, subsection 20,
paragraph D;

 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7901-A, sub-§7, ¶F is enacted to read:

 
F.__The following violation is a Class E crime for which the
court shall impose a fine of not less than $75, none of
which may be suspended:


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