LD 1095

132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
  FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document  No. 1095
H.P. 717  House of Representatives, March 18, 2025
  An Act to Restrict Removal of Common Loons for Relocation in
  Maine from Bodies of Water of 500 Acres or Less
Received by the Clerk of the House on March 14, 2025. 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 LYMAN of Livermore Falls. (BY REQUEST)
Cosponsored by Senator RAFFERTY of York and
Representatives: BAGSHAW of Windham, COLLAMORE of Pittsfield, DRINKWATER of
Milford, GRIFFIN of Levant, HAGGAN of Hampden, MASON of Lisbon, MORRIS of
Turner, WHITE of Guilford.
  Printed on recycled paper
1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2    Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §12709 is enacted to read:
3 §12709. Relocation of common loons; prohibition
4    A common loon, Gavia immer, may not be relocated from a body of water that
5 measures 500 acres or less as part of a wildlife relocation program.
6SUMMARY
7     This bill prohibits the removal of a common loon from a body of water that measures
8 500 acres or less as part of a wildlife relocation program.
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