| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10001, sub-§12-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 12-A.__Dipnet.__"Dipnet" means a device consisting of a rigid | | frame filled with netting, firmly attached to a rigid handle and | | manually operated by a single person. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §11154, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, | | §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Permit required. Except as otherwise authorized pursuant | | to this Part, a person may not hunt or possess moose unless that | | person has a valid permit issued under this section. Each day a | person violates this subsection that person commits a Class E | crime for which a minimum fine of $50 and an amount equal to | twice the applicable license fee must be imposed | | impose a sentencing alternative of not less than 3 days of | | imprisonment for the first offense, none of which may be | | suspended, and of not less than 10 days of imprisonment for each | | succeeding offense, none of which may be suspended; the court | | also shall impose a fine of not less than $1,000, none of which | | may be suspended. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §11201, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 | | and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended by inserting at the end a | | new paragraph to read: |
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| | | A person who hunts or possesses a moose in violation of this | | section commits a Class D crime for which the court shall impose | | a sentencing alternative involving a term of imprisonment not to | | exceed 180 days; the court also shall impose a fine of not less | | than $1,000, none of which may be suspended. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §11601, last ¶, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, | | §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is repealed and the following | | enacted in its place: |
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| | | A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §11651, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 | | and affected by Pt. D, §7, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §11702, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 | | and affected by Pt. D, §7, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §11751, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, | | §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is repealed and the following | | enacted in its place: |
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| | | 3.__Violation.__A person who violates this section commits a | | Class E crime. |
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