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| 3. Penalties. A person who violates subsection 1 commits a Class | | E crime for which the court shall impose a fine of not less than | | $500, none of which may be suspended. The court also shall impose | a fine for | | which may be suspended. |
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| | | Sec. 186. 12 MRSA §11752, 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 D, §7, is repealed and the following enacted | | in its place: |
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| | | §11752.__Tagging wild turkey |
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| | | 1.__Tags.__The commissioner shall prescribe the form and | | content of and produce wild turkey tags. |
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| | | 2. Tagging.__Prior to presenting a wild turkey for | | registration, a person may not possess or leave in the field or | | forest a wild turkey killed by that person unless the wild turkey | | has securely attached to it a plainly visible tag that conforms | | to the requirements established under this section. |
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| | | 3. Penalties.__The following penalties apply to violations of | | this section. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | Sec. 187. 12 MRSA §11753 is enacted to read: |
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| | | A person may not possess any part or parts of a wild turkey | | given to that person unless that gift wild turkey is labeled with | | the name of the person who registered it and the year the wild | | turkey was registered by that person. |
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| | | A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime. |
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| | | Sec. 188. 12 MRSA §11801, sub-§§1 and 3, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, | | Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, are amended to read: |
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