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| 1.__Permit required.__Except as otherwise authorized pursuant to | | this Part, a person may not engage in an activity for which a | | permit may be issued under this section unless that person has a | | valid permit issued under this section.__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. |
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| | | 2.__Affected species.__Except as otherwise provided in this | | Part, this section applies to the possession of any wildlife | | regulated by the State that is held in captivity and to the | | importation of wildlife from an area outside the State, | | including: |
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| | | A.__All species listed under state law as threatened or | | endangered; |
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| | | B.__All species other than those listed in paragraph A not | | included on a list of unregulated, nonnative species that is | | maintained by the commissioner to facilitate the issuance of | | importation permits; and |
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| | | C.__Species identified in rules adopted by the commissioner. |
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| | | 3.__Issuance.__The commissioner may issue a permit to a person | | permitting the possession and use of wildlife with the following | | exceptions. |
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| | | A.__A propagation, rearing and sale permit does not | | authorize the permittee to possess, propagate or sell deer, | | bear, moose, wild turkey, hybrid wild turkey or wild turkey- | | domestic turkey cross nor does it authorize the permittee to | | possess, propagate or sell any wild animal taken in | | accordance with section 11601, 11602 or 11604. |
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| | | B.__A__commercial exhibition permit does not authorize the | | permittee to import any species of wild turkey, hybrid wild | | turkey or wild turkey-domestic turkey cross or the eggs of | | these species. |
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| | | C.__A general possession permit does not authorize the | | permittee to possess, propagate or sell deer, bear, moose, | | wild turkey, hybrid turkey or wild turkey-domestic turkey | | cross nor does it authorize the permittee to possess, | | propagate or sell any wild animal taken in accordance with | | section 11601, 11602 or 11604. |
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| | | D.__A rehabilitation permit does not authorize the permittee | | to possess, propagate or sell any wild animal taken in | | accordance with section 11601, 11602 or 11604. |
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