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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Allow a Nonresident Landowner Who Owns 25 or More Acres of Land To Hunt on Residents-only Deer Hunting Day’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §11401, sub-§1, ¶E  is enacted to read:
 
E.  Notwithstanding paragraph B, subparagraph 3, a nonresident who owns 25 or more acres of land in the State and leaves that property open to hunting, holds a valid hunting license and is not otherwise prohibited by law may hunt deer on the Saturday preceding the first day of open season on deer.
 
This paragraph is repealed on September 15, 2018.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment replaces the bill and allows a nonresident who owns 25 or more acres of land in Maine and leaves that property open to hunting and holds a valid hunting license to hunt on the Saturday preceding the first day of the open season on deer, otherwise known as residents-only deer hunting day. It also repeals this provision on September 15, 2018.