1.__License required.__Except as provided in subsection 6 and section 12955, a person may not engage in any activity for which a hide dealer's license may be issued under subsection 2 without a valid hide dealer's license.

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.

2.__Issuance. The commissioner may issue a hide dealer's license permitting a person to commercially:

A.__Buy, sell, barter, take in trade or take in exchange for any services rendered any raw, untanned wild animal hide or head or the gall bladder from any bear; and

B.__Aid or assist another in buying, selling or bartering raw, untanned hides or heads of wild animals or bear gall bladders.

3.__Expiration.__All licenses issued under this section are valid for one year commencing July 1st of each year.

4.__Fee.__The annual fees for hide dealer licenses are:

A.__For a resident hide dealer, $58; and

B.__For a nonresident hide dealer, $108.

5.__Restrictions.__A licensee shall keep a true and complete record, in such form as is required by the commissioner, of all heads, hides and bear gall bladders purchased.__The record must be open for inspection by the commissioner or the commissioner's agent and must be filed with the commissioner on or before June 30th of each year.

6.__Exception.__The following are exceptions to the license requirements set forth in this section.

A.__A person who lawfully possesses a deer, moose or bear or lawfully possesses a fur-bearing animal may sell, without a license, the hide, head or gall bladder of that animal.

B.__An employee of a licensed hide dealer may, without a license, aid or assist the licensee in conducting business, but only at the licensee's fixed place of business.