Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10902, sub-§6, ķE, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:

E. Buying or selling bear, hunting or trapping bear after having killed one or exceeding the bag limit on bear, in violation of section 11217 or 11351;

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §10902, sub-§10 is enacted to read:

10.__Mandatory hunting license revocation for practices regarding bear.__The commissioner shall suspend a person's hunting license for at least 5 years if that person is convicted of:

A.__Hounding in violation of section 11302-A; or

B.__Unlawful bear trapping in violation of section 12260-A.

If a person is convicted of either of the violations in paragraphs A and B for a 2nd or subsequent time, the commissioner shall revoke that person's hunting license permanently.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §11151, sub-§1, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §118 and affected by §422, is further amended to read:

1. Permit required. Except as otherwise authorized pursuant to this Part, a person may not hunt for bear without a valid permit from the first Monday preceding September 1st to the day preceding the open firearm season on deer November 30th. This section does not apply to trapping for bear.

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.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §11251, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §155 and affected by §422, is further amended to read:

§11251. Open and closed seasons

1. Open season on bear; commissioner's authority. This subsection governs the open and closed seasons on bear.

A. There is an open season on hunting bear from the first Monday preceding September 1st to November 30th annually. The commissioner may, pursuant to section 10104, subsection