2.__Eligibility; hunting license required.__A person who possesses a valid hunting license is eligible to obtain a permit from the commissioner to hunt coyotes at night, except that a permit may not be issued to a person who has been convicted of a violation of section 11206 within 5 years of the date of application for the permit.

3.__Issuance.__The commissioner shall issue a permit to hunt coyotes at night to eligible persons at a fee of $2.

SUBCHAPTER 4

GENERAL UNLAWFUL ACTS PERTAINING TO HUNTING

§11201.__Hunting during closed season

A person may not hunt any wild animal or wild bird during the closed season or possess any wild animal or wild bird taken during the closed season on that wild animal or wild bird.__ Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.

A person who hunts or possesses a bear in violation of this section commits a Class D crime for which the court shall impose a sentencing alternative involving a term of imprisonment not to exceed 180 days; the court also shall impose a fine of not less than $1,000, none of which may be suspended.

A person who hunts or possesses a deer in violation of this section commits a Class D crime for which the court shall impose a sentencing alternative of not less than 3 days for the first offense, none of which may be suspended, and of not less than 10 days for each succeeding offense, none of which may be suspended; the court also shall impose a fine of not less than $1,000, none of which may suspended.

§11202.__Unity Utilities District; closed season

There is a perpetually 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.

§11203.__Hunter orange clothing