An Act to Amend the Laws Regarding the Expanded Archery Deer Hunting Season
Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas, the first expanded archery deer hunting season is scheduled to take place in September of 1997; and
Whereas, the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife must have sufficient time to plan and prepare for that hunting season; and
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA �7102-B, sub-�4, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 24, Pt. I, �2, is amended to read:
4. License fee. The fee for a resident expanded archery deer hunting license is $40. The fee for a nonresident expanded archery deer hunting license is $80. A person 10 years of age or older and under 16 years of age may hunt with a bow and arrow during the expanded archery deer hunting season if that person possesses a valid junior hunting license.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA �7102-B, sub-�8 is enacted to read:
8. Repeal. This section is repealed April 1, 1999.
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.
Effective June 11, 1997.
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