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(2)__A person who violates this paragraph after having | | been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil | | violations under this Part within the previous 5-year | | period commits a Class E crime. |
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| | | B.__A person may not possess any wild animal or wild bird | | taken in violation of paragraph A. |
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| | | (1)__A person who violates this paragraph commits a | | civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 | | nor more than $500 may be adjudged. |
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| | | (2)__A person who violates this paragraph after having | | been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil | | violations under this Part within the previous 5-year | | period commits a Class E crime. |
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| | | 2. Exceptions. The prohibitions in subsection 1 are subject | to the following exceptions and limitations listed in this apply | | to the prohibitions in subsection 1-A. |
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| | A. Subsection 1 1-A does not apply to crows and skunks in | | the Willow Water Game Sanctuary. |
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| | | B. A person residing within the limits of the York Game | | Sanctuary in the County of Franklin may kill any wild bird, | | except grouse, or any wild animal, except beaver, when found | | destroying that person's property. |
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| | | C. A person residing within the limits of Prout's Neck, | | Richmond's Island and Cape Elizabeth Sanctuary may kill any | | wild bird, except ruffed grouse or Hungarian partridge, or | | any wild animal, when found destroying that person's | | property. |
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| | D. A person may trap any wild animal except moose, caribou, | and deer and elk within Fairfield Sanctuary, Narragansett | | Game Sanctuary and Prout's Neck, Richmond's Island and Cape | | Elizabeth Sanctuary in accordance with the general laws of | | the State. |
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| | | E. If the commissioner determines that the public health | | and safety are threatened by diseased animals within | | Rangeley Plantation Sanctuary, the commissioner may | | authorize the use of firearms or any other device the | | commissioner determines appropriate to eliminate diseased | | animals. |
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