PLEASE NOTE: Legislative Information cannot perform research, provide legal advice, or interpret Maine law. For legal assistance, please contact a qualified attorney.
An Act To Fairly Compensate Registration Stations for Bear, Deer, Moose and Turkey Registrations
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10264, last ¶, as amended by PL 2011, c. 668, §3, is further amended to read:
Notwithstanding section 10801, subsection 4, $2$1 of each deer registration fee collected under section 12301-A, subsection 3, paragraph C must be deposited in the fund. Fifty percent of the funds deposited in the fund from the deer registration fees must be used for predator control purposes and 50% of the deposited fees must be used to enhance deer habitat. The commissioner may accept and deposit into the fund monetary gifts, donations or other contributions from public or private sources for the purposes specified in this section. The fund must be held separate and apart from all other money, funds and accounts. The department shall report annually to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters on the fund and its utilization.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §12301-A, sub-§3, ¶C, as amended by PL 2013, c. 387, §5, is further amended to read:
 
C. Collect $5 and retain $2$4 for each seal from the person registering a bear, deer or moose. The remaining $3$1 must be returned to the department by the agent pursuant to section 10801, subsection 3; and
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §12301-A, sub-§3, ¶D, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 387, §6, is amended to read:
 
D. Collect $3 and retain $2 for each wild turkey registered. The remaining $1 must be returned to the department by the agent pursuant to section 10801, subsection 3.
 
SUMMARY
This bill amends the law governing registration of harvested animals to have registration agents retain $4 of each registration seal for a bear, deer or moose. It also increases the amount collected for each wild turkey registered to $3, leaving the amount retained at $2.