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C. A resident under 10 years of age may trap without a
license.

 
D. A nonresident is eligible to purchase a nonresident
trapping license.

 
Nonresident aliens are not eligible ineligible to purchase a
trapping license.

 
Sec. B-211. 12 MRSA §12201, sub-§8, 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 D, §7, is repealed and the following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:

 
8.__License violations.__The following penalties apply to
violations of restrictions of licenses under this section.

 
A.__A person who violates a restriction of a license issued
under this section 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 a restriction of a license issued
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.

 
Each day a person violates a restriction of a license issued
under this section is a separate offense.

 
Sec. B-212. 12 MRSA §12203, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2
and affected by Pt. D, §7, is repealed.

 
Sec. B-213. 12 MRSA §12251, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2
and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read:

 
§12251. Closed seasons

 
1. General. Except as otherwise provided in this Part and
except as the commissioner may establish by rule that is not
inconsistent with this chapter, there is a perpetual closed
season on trapping any wild animal or wild bird.

 
2. Unity Utilities District. There is a continued closed
season on all wild animals and wild birds on property owned by
the Unity Utilities District located on Route 139 and Prairie
Road in the municipality of Unity in Waldo County.

 
3. Closed season violation. A person may not trap, or attempt
to trap, any wild animal or wild bird during the closed


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