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Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 11 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 4 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "collected pursuant to sections 11109 and 11109-A" and inserting the following: 'and trapping license fee collected pursuant to sections 11109, 11109-A and 12201'
Amend the bill by inserting after section 5 the following:
‘Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §12201, sub-§6, as amended by PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. OO, §9, is further amended to read:
 
6. Trapping fees.   The fees for trapping licenses are as follows:
 
A.  A resident junior trapping license, for a person 10 years of age or older and under 16 years of age, is $9$10;
 
B.  A resident trapping license, for a person 16 years of age or older, is $35$36; and
 
C. A nonresident trapping license is $317$318.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
The bill increases hunting license fees by $1 and directs the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to use that revenue to educate the public on the management of game species. This amendment increases the trapping license fees by $1 and directs that the revenue be used for the same educational purposes.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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