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B.__A person who violates a license or permit restriction | | under this section 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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| | | Each day a person violates a license or permit restriction under | | this section that person commits a separate violation. |
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| | | Sec. 204. 12 MRSA §12101, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 | | and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | | §12101. License to operate commercial shooting area |
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| | | 1. Issuance. The commissioner may issue licenses authorizing | the establishment and operation of commercial shooting areas to | qualified applicants. A commercial shooting area license | authorizes the owner of a commercial shooting area to charge | others for the opportunity to hunt mallard ducks, pheasants, | quail, Chukar partridge and Hungarian partridge in that area. A | commercial shooting area license is valid for one year and is | renewable annually. |
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| | | 1-A.__License required.__A person may not charge others for | | the opportunity to hunt mallard ducks, pheasants, quail, Chukar | | partridge and Hungarian partridge in an area or establish a | | commercial shooting area for such purposes unless that person has | | a valid license 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. |
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| | | A.__Nothing in this subsection prohibits the operator of a | | commercial shooting area from authorizing a person to hunt | | other wild birds or wild animals in the commercial shooting | | area during the regular open season on those species, in | | accordance with this Part, as long as the person possesses a | | valid state hunting license that allows the hunting of those | | wild birds and wild animals. |
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| | | 1-B.__Issuance.__The commissioner may issue licenses | | authorizing the establishment and operation of commercial | | shooting areas to qualified applicants.__A commercial shooting | | area license authorizes the owner of a commercial shooting area | | to charge others for the opportunity to hunt mallard ducks, | | pheasants, quail, Chukar partridge and Hungarian partridge in | | that area. A commercial shooting area license is valid for one | | year and is renewable annually. |
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