‘Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §10953, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2011, c. 61, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
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Amend the bill by striking out all of section 3 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §10953, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2011, c. 61, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
Amend the bill by adding after section 5 the following:
‘Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §11701, first ¶, as amended by PL 2003, c. 552, §9 and affected by §15; c. 614, §9; and c. 655, Pt. C, §§2 and 6, is further amended to read:
The commissioner may establish open seasons for hunting wild turkeys, designate areas that are open to the taking of wild turkeys in any part of the State, prescribe the form and regulate the number of permits to be issued, determine the number and sex of the birds to be harvested, establish bag limits, establish permit eligibility requirements, establish legal hunting times, specify the types of weapons to be used during any open wild turkey hunting season and make any other rules that the commissioner considers necessary for the protection of the wild turkey resource. The rules must permit the use of a crossbow during the spring open wild turkey hunting season.’
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This amendment allows a person to hunt wild turkey with a crossbow during the spring open wild turkey hunting season established by rule. A person with a moose permit and that person's authorized subpermittee are both allowed to hunt moose with a crossbow during the open season on moose as established by rule and in accordance with the provisions for the lawful hunting of moose. Also, this amendment restores the restriction against using a crossbow within 100 feet of a dwelling, which is removed in the bill.