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An Act To Allow the Use of Suppressors for Hunting Nuisance Wildlife
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11214, sub-§1, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:
 
C. Use for hunting or possess for hunting any firearm fitted or contrived with a device for deadening the sound of explosion. This paragraph does not apply to:
 
(1) Military organizations authorized by law to bear arms or to the National Guard in the performance of its duty; or
 
(2) The use or possession of such a firearm for the purpose of killing a wild animal or wild turkey under the authority of section 12401 or 12402;
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows a person to use a firearm fitted or contrived with a device for deadening the sound of explosion to kill wild animals or wild turkeys that are damaging crops, orchards or property or harming domestic animals.