Section 11-1209. Penalties  


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  • 1. Whoever shall hunt while his ability is impaired by the consumption
      of alcohol shall be guilty of a violation of law.
        2.  Whoever  shall hunt while in an intoxicated condition or while his
      ability to hunt is impaired by the use of a drug shall be  guilty  of  a
      misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary or county jail
      for  not  more than one year, or by a fine of not more than five hundred
      dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
        3. Notwithstanding any provision in section 11-1205 of this title, the
      department of environmental conservation may revoke, for  a  period  not
      exceeding  two years, any or all licenses, stamps, or permits to hunt of
      any person who violates any  subdivision  of  section  11-1203  of  this
      title.  Action  by  the  department  resulting  in such revocation shall
      become effective only after a hearing held by the department upon notice
      to such person, at which proof of  facts  indicating  the  violation  is
      established  to  the satisfaction of the commissioner, or of the hearing
      officer and concurred in by the commissioner. A person whose license  to
      hunt  has been revoked as provided in this subdivision is ineligible for
      such license during the period determined by the department as  provided
      in  this  section. No such person shall, during such period, procure any
      license for which he is ineligible. No person shall without license hunt
      or trap during any period in which the  privilege  to  do  so  has  been
      denied  him  by  the  department  as  provided in this section. When the
      department has revoked a license,  or  has  denied  to  any  person  the
      privilege  of  obtaining  a  license,  it  shall  cause the fact of such
      revocation or denial, or both, as the case may be,  and  the  terms  and
      extent  thereof,  to  be  entered  in the minutes of the department, and
      shall forthwith send a written notice of its action as so entered in the
      minutes to the person affected, at his last  known  address,  either  by
      registered   or   certified   mail   or  by  delivery  personally  by  a
      representative of the department. Within five days after service of such
      notice, such person shall deliver  to  the  department  the  license  or
      licenses revoked, together with any buttons or tags issued in connection
      with  them. If the license was one entitling the holder to the privilege
      of several licenses, and the revocation concerned some but  not  all  of
      such  privileges,  any  license,  button  or  tag  so delivered shall be
      returned by the  department  to  the  person  to  whom  it  was  issued,
      appropriately  marked  or  stamped  to  show  the  extent to which it is
      revoked.
        4. Violation of any subdivision of section 11-1203 of this title shall
      constitute grounds for forfeiture pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  and
      under  the procedures prescribed in subdivisions one, two, five, six and
      seven of section 71-0909 of this chapter.