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Amend the bill by inserting at the end before the summary the following:
‘Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§6,  as amended by PL 2005, c. 12, Pt. III, §10, is further amended to read:
 
6. Application procedure.   An eligible person wishing to apply for a permit must file a written application for a permit on a form furnished by the commissioner. The application fee is nonrefundable. A person may file no more than one application. A person who submits more than one application is disqualified from the selection of permittees. The application must be accompanied by an application fee of:
 
A.  For a resident:
 
(1) Seven Eight dollars for a one-chance application;
 
(2) Twelve Fourteen dollars for a 3-chance application. A resident must possess a valid big game hunting license to be eligible to purchase a 3-chance application; and
 
(3) Twenty-two Twenty-five dollars for a 6-chance application. A resident must possess a valid big game hunting license to be eligible to purchase a 6-chance application; or
 
B.  For a nonresident:
 
(1) Fifteen Eighteen dollars for a one-chance application;
 
(2) Twenty-five Twenty-nine dollars for a 3-chance application;
 
(3) Thirty-five Forty dollars for a 6-chance application; and
 
(4) Fifty-five  Sixty-three dollars for a 10-chance application; multiple 10-chance options may be purchased.
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Resource Management Services - Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 0534
 
Initiative: Allocates a 15% increase in moose hunting permit application fees to establish the Moose Fund to help fund research relating to moose.

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2009-10	2010-11	
All Other	$143,781	$143,781	
 	  	  	
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$143,781	$143,781	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report and increases the moose hunting permit application fees by approximately 15% to cover the amount of money to be directed into the Moose Fund from those fees. This amendment also adds an appropriations and allocations section to the bill.
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