130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 544
H.P. 389 House of Representatives, February 24, 2021
An Act To Eliminate Moose Permits for Hunting Lodges
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 22, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint
Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative ANDREWS of Paris. (BY REQUEST)
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2017, c. 427, §11 and
3 affected by §19 and amended by c. 458, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its
4 place:
5 2. Issuance of moose hunting permits. In accordance with section 11552, the
6 commissioner may issue moose hunting permits and may establish the number of moose
7 hunting permits to be issued for each wildlife management district established by the
8 commissioner by rule open to moose hunting. No more than 10% of the moose hunting
9 permits may be issued to nonresident hunters.
10 Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§14, as amended by PL 2017, c. 458, §2, is repealed.
11 SUMMARY
12 This bill repeals the provision of law that granted moose permits to hunting lodges
13 through a separate chance lottery.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 544, HP 389: 12.11154