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<section article="glu" article_name="Land Use" number="17-209" title_number="17" title_name="Powers and Property" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Use of Property">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Animal” means any bird or mammal or any part, egg, offspring, or dead body part of any bird or mammal.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Hunt” means to pursue, capture, kill, gig, trap, shoot, or attempt to pursue, capture, kill, gig, trap, or shoot, or in any manner reduce any animal to personal possession.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not hunt an animal on property owned by, operated by, or leased by the Commission without prior written authorization from the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>For the purpose of this section, each animal taken illegally by hunting, offered for purchase, sold, bartered, or exchanged in excess of the bag limit or possessed illegally constitutes a separate violation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>for a first violation, a fine not exceeding $1,500, with costs imposed at the discretion of the court; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for each subsequent violation, imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $4,000 or both, with costs imposed at the discretion of the court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For the purpose of this subsection, a subsequent violation is a violation that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>occurs within 2 years after any prior violation of this section; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>arises out of a separate set of circumstances.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>In addition to the penalties in paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection, the court may order the license under which the person operated in committing the violation to be suspended for 12 months from the date of the subsequent conviction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission may adopt regulations necessary to administer and enforce this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Violation of any regulation adopted by the Commission under this subsection is a misdemeanor and is punishable as provided in subsection (d) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Chief Judge of the District Court may establish, by administrative regulation under § 1–605 of the Courts Article, a schedule of prepayable fines for a first offense misdemeanor violation of this section and regulations adopted under this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The amount of a prepayable fine may be not more than the maximum and not less than the minimum criminal penalty established in this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>By paying a fine set under this section instead of appearing for trial in District Court, a person is voluntarily accepting a conviction for the violation charged.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>If the District Court or circuit court imposes a fine for a violation of this section, the court shall collect the fine and remit it to the Commission.</text>
  </level>
</section>
