D.__Except as allowed under subsection 2, paragraph A:

(1)__Feed, set bait for or harass any endangered or threatened species.__Notwithstanding section 7901-A, a law enforcement officer, as defined in Title 25, section 2801-A, subsection 5, must issue a warning to a person who violates this subparagraph for the first time; or

(2)__Feed, set bait for or harass any endangered or threatened species.__Notwithstanding section 7901-A, a person who violates this subparagraph after having previously been given a warning under subsection 1 commits a Class E crime.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7756, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

1-A.__Prohibited acts regarding endangered or threatened species; intentional.__Except as provided in subsection 2, a person may not intentionally:

A.__Import into the State or export out of the State any endangered or threatened species.__Notwithstanding section 7901-A, a person who violates this paragraph commits a Class D crime;

B.__Hunt, take, trap or possess any endangered or threatened species within the State.__Notwithstanding section 7901-A, a person who violates this paragraph commits a Class D crime;

C.__Possess, process, sell, offer for sale, deliver, carry, transport or ship, by any means whatsoever, any endangered or threatened species.__Notwithstanding section 7901-A, a person who violates this paragraph commits a Class D crime; or

D.__Except as allowed under subsection 2, paragraph A:

(1)__Feed, set bait for or harass any endangered or threatened species.__Notwithstanding section 7901-A, a law enforcement officer, as defined in Title 25, section 2801-A, subsection 5, must issue a warning to a

person who violates this subparagraph for the first time; or