Now there are step you can legally take to help protect your flock, encourage birds such as the Purple Martin or the Scissortail Flycatcher or Barn Swallows and the Mockingbirds to nest in your area. They will harrass any hawk that comes near their nests. Blue Jays will too, but you would be...
No joke and those fines usually come with jail time and not at the state level either, it's a Federal crime with time spent in a federal pen where there is no overcrowding and you will serve 85% of your time before even being called up for parole.