(

a) A person who illegally takes, possesses, imports, exports, sells, purchases, barters, trades, or exchanges a bird, fish, mammal, reptile, amphibian, or part of any of those animals, for profit or personal gain, is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than forty thousand dollars ($40,000), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. (

b) If a person is convicted of a second or subsequent violation of subdivision (a), that person shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) nor more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment. (

c) If a second or subsequent violation of subdivision (

a) also involves a violation of

Section 8685.5, 8685.6, 8685.7, or that is punishable by subdivision (

b) of

Section 12004, the offense shall be punishable by a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (

b) of

Section 12004, or by both that fine and imprisonment. (

d) Notwithstanding

Section of the Penal Code, prosecution of an offense punishable under this

section shall be commenced within three years after commission of the offense. (

e) This

section does not apply to fish taken pursuant to a commercial fishing license issued pursuant to

Section 7852, or fish sold pursuant to a commercial fish business license issued in accordance with

Article 7 (commencing with

Section 8030) of

Chapter of Part of Division 6. (

f) This

section does not supersede

Section or 12009. (g)

(1) Moneys equivalent to percent of the revenue deposited in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund from fines and forfeitures collected pursuant to this

section shall be allocated for the support of the Special Operations Unit of the department, and used for law enforcement purposes.

(2) Moneys equivalent to percent of the revenue from any fine collected pursuant to this

section shall be paid to the county in which the offense was committed, pursuant to

Section 13003. The board of supervisors shall first use revenues pursuant to this subdivision to reimburse the costs incurred by the district attorney or city attorney in investigating and prosecuting the violation. Any excess revenues may be expended in accordance with

Section 13103.