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

A person may not possess any part or parts of a moose given to that person unless that gift moose is plainly labeled with the name of the person who registered it and the year the moose was registered by that person.

A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.

Sec. B-179. 12 MRSA §11701, as amended by PL 2003, c. 552, §9, is further amended by inserting at the end a new paragraph to read:

A person who violates this section 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 of $500 for each turkey unlawfully possessed, none of which may be suspended.

Sec. B-180. 12 MRSA §11751, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is repealed.

Sec. B-181. 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 D, §7, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: