CHAPTER 282
H.P. 643 - L.D. 896
An Act Increasing from 12 Hours to 18 Hours the Time Limit for Registering Deer and Bear
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA �7452, sub-�6, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 420, �1, is amended to read:
6. Failure to register bear. A person is guilty of failure to register a bear if he that person:
A. Possesses a bear which that has not been legally registered as provided in section 7451 except in accordance with chapter 709, subchapter IV;
B. Kills a bear and fails to present it for registration in his that person's name at the first open bear registration station on the route taken by him that person; or
C. Keeps an unregistered bear at his that person's home, or at any place of storage except a bear registration station, more than 12 18 hours.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA �7458, sub-�4-A, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 723, �18-E, is amended to read:
4-A. Keeping an unregistered deer. A person is guilty, except as provided in subsection 15, paragraph G, of keeping an unregistered deer if he that person keeps an unregistered deer at his home, or at
any place of storage except a deer registration station, more than 12 18 hours.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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