| | | B.__The dog or dogs are used by the department or pursuant | | to a permit granted by the department to an accredited | | university for scientific or research purposes, but in no | | event for the purpose of killing bear. |
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| | | 3.__Penalty.__A person who violates this section is guilty of | | hounding. |
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| | | A.__Hounding is a Class D crime for the first offense. |
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| | | B.__Hounding is a Class C crime for a 2nd or subsequent | | offense. |
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| | | Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §11303, sub-§2, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and | | repealed and replaced by c. 655, Pt. B, §160 and affected by | | §422, is amended to read. |
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| | | 2. Prohibition. A person may not within the area described | | in subsection 1: |
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| | C. Molest or harass a bear; or |
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| | D. Release dogs for the purpose of hunting a bear. |
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| | | The commissioner, or the commissioner's agent, is exempt from | | this prohibition for the purpose of live-trapping nuisance bears. |
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| | | Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §11304, first ¶, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, | | §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read: |
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| | | A person may not, without the permission of the person | | conducting the hunt, kill or wound a bear that is treed or held | at bay by another person's dog or dogs |
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| | | Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §11351, sub-§1, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and | | amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §162 and affected by §422, is further | | amended to read: |
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| | | 1. Hunting bear after having killed one. A person may not | hunt or trap | | during any open season. |
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| | | Sec. 10. 12 MRSA §12260, as affected by PL 2003, c. 614, §9 and | | amended by c. 655, Pt. B, §§222 to 224 and affected by §422, is | | repealed. |
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