| | | license of any person whom the commissioner reasonably believes | | to have killed, wounded or recklessly endangered the safety of | | another human being while hunting. The District Court shall | | revoke or suspend the person's license or privilege for a period | | of at least 5 years if the court finds that the person, while | | hunting, has killed, wounded or recklessly endangered the safety | | of another human being and the public safety will be endangered | | by the person's retention of that license or privilege.__For the | | purpose of this subsection, "recklessly" has the same meaning as | | that set out in Title 17-A, section 35, subsection 3. |
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| | | A.__A person whose hunting license has been revoked or | | suspended or whose right to hunt or the right to obtain a | | hunting license has been denied under this subsection, may, | | after the expiration of one year from the date of the | | revocation or suspension, petition the commissioner for | | restoration of the person's privilege to procure such a | | license. |
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| | | B.__The commissioner, after hearing, may restore the | | petitioner's privilege if the commissioner determines that | | the public safety will not be endangered by restoring that | | privilege. |
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| | | C.__If the commissioner disallows the petition and thereby | | refuses to grant the restoration of the privilege, the | | petitioner may appeal to the commissioner's advisory | | council, which, after hearing on the petition, may allow it | | and restore the privilege. |
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| | | 6.__Mandatory hunting license revocation for certain | | violations.__The commissioner shall suspend a person's hunting | | license for at least one year and may suspend any other license | | issued under this Part and held by that person if that person is | | convicted of: |
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| | | A.__A closed season violation, in violation of section 11201 | | as it relates to bear, deer or moose; |
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| | | B.__Hunting while under the influence of intoxicating liquor | | or drugs, in violation of section 10701; |
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| | | C.__Night hunting, in violation of section 11206; |
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| | | D.__Discharging a firearm within 100 yards of a residential | | dwelling without owner permission, in violation of section | | 11209; |
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