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LR 2679
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Sec. 182. 12 MRSA §§11652, 11653 and 11654, as enacted by PL 2003, c.
414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, are repealed and the
following enacted in their place:

 
§11652.__Bag limit

 
1. One moose per permit holder.__A person may not exceed the
bag limit of one moose per permit holder. In the case of a
permittee and a subpermittee, the permit allows one of them to
take one moose.__Except as provided in sections 12401 and 12402,
a person may not shoot more than one moose in a calendar year.__A
person may keep more than one legally obtained moose in that
person's home at any time.

 
2. Possession.__A person may not possess a moose in violation
of this section.

 
3. Penalty.__A person who violates this section commits a
Class D crime for which the court shall impose a sentencing
alternative of not less than 3 days for the first offense, none
of which may be suspended, and of not less than 10 days 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.

 
§11653.__Tagging moose

 
1.__Tags.__The commissioner shall prescribe the form and
content of and produce moose tags.

 
2. Tagging.__Prior to presenting a moose for registration, a
person may not possess or leave in the field or forest a moose
killed by that person unless the moose has securely attached to
it a plainly visible tag that conforms to the requirements
established under this section.

 
3. Penalties.__The following penalties apply to violations of
subsection 2.

 
A. A person who violates subsection 2__commits a civil
violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more
than $500 may be adjudged.

 
B.__A person who violates subsection 2 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.

 
§11654.__Unlawful possession of gift moose


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