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An Act To Remove the Background Check Requirement for Maine Guides Who Are at Least 70 Years of Age and Hold a Lifetime Hunting or Fishing License
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §12853, sub-§4-A, ¶F  is enacted to read:
 
F.  A person who may renew a guide license at no cost under section 10851, subsection 1, paragraph D is exempt from the requirements of this subsection if a background check has been conducted on the person when the person was 68 years of age or older.
 
SUMMARY
This bill exempts a registered Maine guide who holds a senior lifetime hunting, fishing, trapping or archery license from the requirement to undergo a background check when renewing the guide license if the guide has undergone a background check when the guide was 68 years of age or older.