Section 11-0719. Revocation and suspension of licenses and of right to hunt, fish or trap without license

1. a. In the circumstances described in paragraph b the department may
  revoke any license or stamp, of any  person,  to  hunt,  fish  or  trap,
  defined  in  section  11-0701 or issued pursuant to any provision of the
  Fish and Wildlife Law, or it may revoke all of such licenses or  stamps.
  It may also deny such person, for a period not exceeding five years, the
  privilege of obtaining such license or licenses or stamp or stamps or of
  hunting,  trapping  or  fishing,  anywhere  in the state with or without
  license or stamp, except as provided in subdivision 1 of section 11-0707
  or in section 11-0523. It may also require that such person successfully
  complete a department-sponsored  course  and  obtain  a  certificate  of
  qualification   in   responsible   hunting,  responsible  bowhunting  or
  responsible trapping practices before being issued another license.
    b. This subdivision applies to any person who:
    (1) is convicted of a violation of the Fish and Wildlife Law involving
  the taking of deer or bear with the aid of an artificial light or  signs
  an  acknowledgment  of  such  violation  of  that law for the purpose of
  effecting a settlement by civil compromise or by stipulation; or
    (2) is convicted of a violation of the Fish and Wildlife Law involving
  the illegal taking of a deer, moose or bear, or signs an  acknowledgment
  of  any  such  violation  of  that  law  for  the purpose of effecting a
  settlement by civil compromise or by stipulation; or
    (3) is convicted of any violation of the  Fish  and  Wildlife  Law  or
  signs  an acknowledgment of any violation of that law for the purpose of
  effecting a settlement  by  civil  compromise  or  by  stipulation,  and
  previously  during  the five years immediately preceding such conviction
  or the signing of such acknowledgment  has  been  so  convicted  or  has
  signed such an acknowledgment; or
    (4)  is  convicted of an offense involving a violation of subdivisions
  one and two of section 11-0901 of this article  relating  to  taking  of
  wildlife  when  the person taking is in or on a motor vehicle while such
  motor vehicle is on a public highway or an offense involving a violation
  of subdivision one of section 11-0901 of this article  and  subparagraph
  one  of  paragraph  a  of  subdivision  four  of section 11-0931 of this
  article relating to taking wildlife when the person taking is in or on a
  motor vehicle and discharging a firearm or longbow in such  a  way  that
  the  load  or  arrow  passes  over a public highway or a part thereof or
  signs an acknowledgment  of  any  such  violation  for  the  purpose  of
  affecting a settlement by civil compromise or by stipulation.
    c.  Upon receipt of a court notification of the failure of a person to
  appear within  three  months  of  the  return  date  or  new  subsequent
  adjourned  date  pursuant  to  an  appearance ticket, uniform appearance
  ticket or uniform appearance ticket and simplified information  charging
  such  person  with a violation of the Fish and Wildlife Law, or any rule
  or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the department may  suspend  any
  license  of  such person to hunt, fish or trap pending receipt of notice
  from the court that  such  person  has  appeared  in  response  to  such
  appearance ticket. Such suspension shall take effect no less than thirty
  days from the day upon which notice thereof is sent by the department to
  the person whose license is to be suspended.
    2.  a.  The department may revoke the licenses, tags, and stamps which
  authorize the holder to hunt and/or trap  wildlife,  and  may  deny  the
  privilege  of obtaining such licenses, tags, and stamps and may deny the
  privileges of hunting and/or trapping with or without a license.
    (1) of any person who, while engaged in hunting or trapping,
    (i) causes death or injury to another  by  discharging  a  firearm  or
  longbow, or

    (ii) so negligently discharges a firearm or longbow as to endanger the
  life or safety of another, or
    (iii)  so  negligently and wantonly discharges a firearm or longbow as
  to destroy or damage public or private property; or
    (2) of any agent of the department authorized to issue certificates of
  qualification in responsible hunting, bowhunting, or trapping  practices
  who improperly issues any such certification to a person whom he has not
  trained,  or  whom  he knows has not satisfactorily completed all of the
  requirements necessary for such certification.
    b. Action by the  department  resulting  in  the  revocation  of  such
  license  or denial of the privilege to hunt and trap as provided in this
  subdivision shall be only after a hearing held by  the  department  upon
  notice to the offender, at which proof of facts indicating the violation
  is established to the satisfaction of the commissioner or of the hearing
  officer designated by him and concurred in by the commissioner. Provided
  that where a person, while hunting, causes death or injury to any person
  by  discharge  of  a  firearm  or  longbow, the commissioner may, in his
  discretion, suspend such  person's  license  or  licenses  to  hunt  and
  suspend such person's right to hunt without a license for a period of up
  to sixty days pending a hearing as provided for in this subdivision.
    c.  In  case  such  discharge  of a firearm or longbow causes death or
  injury to another, the license or licenses  shall  be  revoked  and  the
  privilege  of  obtaining  any such license and of hunting or of trapping
  anywhere in the state with or without a license denied, for a period not
  exceeding ten years, except that no revocation shall be made in cases in
  which facts established at the hearing indicate to the  satisfaction  of
  the commissioner that there was no negligence on the part of the shooter
  or  bowman.  In all other cases the license or licenses shall be revoked
  and the privilege of  obtaining  such  license  and  of  hunting  or  of
  trapping  anywhere  in  the state with or without a license denied for a
  period not exceeding five years. The department may  also  require  that
  the  person  causing  such  death  or  injury  successfully  complete  a
  department-sponsored course and obtain a certificate of qualification in
  responsible hunting or bowhunting practices before being issued  another
  hunting license.
    d.  Every  person  injuring  himself,  herself  or another person in a
  hunting accident, as such term is defined in subdivision 25  of  section
  11-0103  of  this chapter, and the investigating law enforcement officer
  summoned to or arriving at the scene of such accident shall  within  ten
  days  from the occurrence of such accident file a report of the accident
  in writing with the department. Every such  person  or  law  enforcement
  officer  shall  make such other and additional reports as the department
  shall require.  Failure to report such accident as  herein  provided  by
  the person causing injury or to furnish relevant information required by
  the  department  shall  be  a violation and shall constitute grounds for
  suspension or revocation of such person's hunting licenses and denial of
  the privilege of obtaining any such  license  and  of  hunting  with  or
  without  a  license  following  a hearing or opportunity to be heard. In
  addition, the department may temporarily  suspend  the  license  of  the
  person failing to report a hunting accident within the period prescribed
  herein  until such report has been filed. In the case of a non-resident,
  the failure to report an accident as herein  provided  shall  constitute
  grounds for suspension or revocation of his or her privileges of hunting
  within  this state. The report required by this section shall be made in
  such form and number as the department may prescribe.
    3. A junior hunting license issued to a person who is at least  twelve
  and less than sixteen years of age or a junior archery license issued to
  a  person  who is fourteen or fifteen years of age may be revoked by the

  department upon proof satisfactory to the department that  such  person,
  while  under  the age of sixteen, has engaged in hunting wildlife with a
  gun or longbow, in circumstances in which a license is  required,  while
  not  accompanied  by  his  or  her  parent,  guardian  or other adult as
  provided in  section  11-0929  of  this  article.  If  such  license  or
  privilege  is  revoked  the  department  shall  fix  the  period of such
  revocation, which is not  to  exceed  four  years.  The  department  may
  require  that  such  person successfully complete a department sponsored
  course and obtain a certificate of qualification in responsible  hunting
  or  responsible bowhunting practices before being issued another hunting
  or bowhunting license.
    4. A person whose license to hunt, trap, or fish has been suspended or
  revoked as provided in this  section  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 or she is ineligible. No person shall without license hunt,
  trap, or fish during any period in which the privilege to do so has been
  denied by the department as provided in this section.
    5.  When  the  department  has revoked a license, or has denied to any
  person the privilege of obtaining a license, or of hunting, trapping  or
  fishing without 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.