Maine § 12 §12101 License to operate commercial shooting area

Maine Statutes

§ 12 §12101 — License to operate commercial shooting area

Maine § 12 §12101

Title 12CONSERVATION

Part 13INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE

Ch. 915HUNTING: SEASONS, REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 12 §12101 (2026).

Text

1.Issuance. 1-A. License required. A person may not charge others for the opportunity to hunt mallard ducks, pheasants, quail, Chukar partridge and Hungarian partridge in an area or establish a commercial shooting area for such purposes unless that person has a valid license issued under this section. Each day a person violates this subsection that person commits a civil violation. 1-B. Issuance. The commissioner may issue licenses authorizing the establishment and operation of commercial shooting areas to qualified applicants. A commercial shooting area license authorizes the owner of a commercial shooting area to charge others for the opportunity to hunt mallard ducks, pheasants, quail, Chukar partridge and Hungarian partridge in that area. A commercial shooting area license is valid fo

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1.
Issuance.
1-A.
License required.
A person may not charge others for the opportunity to hunt mallard ducks, pheasants, quail, Chukar partridge and Hungarian partridge in an area or establish a commercial shooting area for such purposes unless that person has a valid license issued under this section. Each day a person violates this subsection that person commits a civil violation.
1-B.
Issuance.
The commissioner may issue licenses authorizing the establishment and operation of commercial shooting areas to qualified applicants. A commercial shooting area license authorizes the owner of a commercial shooting area to charge others for the opportunity to hunt mallard ducks, pheasants, quail, Chukar partridge and Hungarian partridge in that area. A commercial shooting area license is valid for one year and is renewable annually.
1-C.
Prohibition; remote-control hunting.
An owner or operator of a commercial shooting area may not use a website, or a service or business via any other means, that permits a person to hunt or attempt to hunt a wild animal or wild bird that is located in this State through the use of a computer-controlled gun, shooting apparatus or any other remote-control device when the person using the website, service or business is physically removed from the immediate vicinity of the wild animal or wild bird. A person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime.
2.
Eligibility.
In order to qualify for a commercial shooting area license:
3.
Fees.
The fee for a commercial shooting area license is:
4.
Requirements.
The following requirements apply to a commercial shooting area.
4-A.
Penalties.
The following penalties apply to violations of subsection 4.
5.
Enforcement.
Enforcement of the trespass laws of a commercial shooting area is the responsibility of the owner and is not in any manner to be considered an obligation of the department.
6.
Exceptions.

Legislative History

PL 2003, c. 414, §A2 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 414, §D7 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 614, §9 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 655, §B199 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 655, §B422 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 12, §III21 (AMD). PL 2017, c. 205, §11 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 431, §14 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 431, §23 (AFF).