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131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
SECOND REGULAR SESSION-2024
Legislative Document No. 2052H.P. 1314House of Representatives, December 13, 2023
An Act to Provide Additional Moose Hunting Opportunities for
Maine Youth Experiencing Critical Illnesses
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule
203.
Received by the Clerk of the House on December 11, 2023. 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 LANDRY of Farmington. Page 1 - 131LR2672(01)
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2 as amended by PL 2015, c. 136, §11 and
3 affected by §12, is further amended to read:
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5 commissioner may issue 2 5 moose permits to a nonprofit organization or organizations
6 dedicated to providing hunting and fishing adventures to children under 21 years of age
7 with life-threatening, critical or terminal illnesses. At least 3 of the permits issued under
8 this subsection must be issued to an eligible nonprofit organization based in the State, and
9 a child who receives a permit from that organization must be a resident. The commissioner
10 may issue these permits upon written request by an eligible nonprofit organization or
11 organizations but may not issue more than 2 5 permits in total for a calendar year. These
12 permits are in addition to the moose hunting permits issued under subsection 2 for each
13 wildlife management district and are at no cost to the organization.
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15 This bill increases from 2 to 5 the number of moose hunting permits that may be issued
16 to nonprofit organizations that provide hunting and fishing adventures to children with life-
17 threatening, critical or terminal illnesses and specifies that at least 3 of the permits must be
18 issued to an organization based in the State and given to children who are residents of the
19 State.
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