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SECTION 71-0923
Violations
Environmental Conservation (ENV) CHAPTER 43-B, ARTICLE 71, TITLE 9
§ 71-0923. Violations.

1. Any offense specified in section 71-0919 of this article, unless
made a misdemeanor by section 71-0921 of this article or another
provision of such chapter, shall be a violation, punishable, except as
otherwise provided in this section, by imprisonment for not more than
fifteen days, or by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars,
or by both such fine and imprisonment.

2. A violation of subdivision 1 of section 11-0705 of this chapter
shall be punishable as follows:

a. As provided in subdivision 1 of this section, if the violation
consisted of a refusal to exhibit a license on demand of any
environmental conservation officer or other person;

b. By forfeiture of the license and by a fine of not more than
twenty-five dollars if the violation was committed while exercising the
privileges of a special antlerless deer license and consisted of failure
of the offender to have on his person a license held by him entitling
him to exercise those privileges.

3. A violation of subdivision 2 of section 11-0705 of this chapter
shall be punishable by forfeiture of licenses and tags issued pursuant
to this chapter which authorizes the holder to hunt wildlife and by a
fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.

4. When a license or license tag is forfeited as provided in this
section, the licensee shall surrender it to any environmental
conservation officer, special game protector or any other person
authorized by the department to receive it. Such forfeiture does not
prevent the procurement of another license.

5. A violation of subdivision one of section 11-0923 is punishable by
imprisonment for not more than ten days, or by a fine of not less than
two hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

6. A first conviction for a violation of subdivision eight of section
13-0309 of this chapter, involving devices for taking shellfish in
uncertified lands, or a violation of subdivision ten of section 13-0309
of this chapter, involving possession of a stick dredge, shall be
punishable as a violation under this section.

8. Any violation of sections 13-0329, 13-0330, 13-0331, 13-0333,
13-0334, 13-0335, subdivision one of section 13-0337, 13-0338, 13-0339,
13-0339-a, 13-0340, 13-0340-a through 13-0340-g, 13-0341, 13-0342,
13-0343, 13-0347, and 13-0349 of this chapter, or of any regulation
adopted pursuant to the foregoing sections, shall be punishable by
imprisonment of not more than fifteen days or by a fine of the greater
of two hundred fifty dollars or:

a. for violations involving one to five fish, shellfish or
crustaceans, twenty-five dollars for each fish, shellfish or crustacean
taken or possessed in violation of the above sections;

b. for violations involving six to twenty-five fish, shellfish or
crustaceans, fifty dollars for each fish, shellfish or crustacean taken
or possessed in violation of the above sections;

c. for violations involving more than twenty-five fish, shellfish or
crustaceans, one hundred dollars for each fish, shellfish or crustacean
taken or possessed in violation of the above sections; or by both such
fine and imprisonment.

For purposes of determining the applicable fine pursuant to this
subdivision, the number of fish, crustaceans or shellfish shall be the
aggregate number involved in the violation, regardless of species.

9. A violation of section 11-0110 of this chapter is punishable by
imprisonment for not more than ten days, or by a fine of not more than
two hundred fifty dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

10. A violation of subdivision twelve of section 11-1101 of this
chapter is punishable by imprisonment of not more than ten days, or by a
fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.

11. A violation of subdivision eight of section 11-0505 of this
chapter shall be punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.

12. A violation of section 11-1906 of this chapter shall be punishable
by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars.