CHAPTER 211
H.P. 921 - L.D. 1264
An Act to Extend the Lobster Promotion Council and Its Personnel Requirements
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6455, sub-§3-A, as amended by PL 1993, c. 545, §3, is further amended to read:
3-A. Employees. The council shall hire a full-time executive director and may hire clerical staff as needed to perform its duties. Employees of the Lobster Promotion Council serve at the pleasure of the council. The salary and benefits for employees of the council are determined by the council.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6455, sub-§4, ķE, as amended by PL 1993, c. 545, §4, is further amended to read:
E. Make expenditures from the Lobster Promotion Fund to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. Money in the fund may be used only for the following purposes:
(1) Promotion, advertising and marketing development. The council may implement programs and activities to promote, advertise and develop markets for lobster and make or enter into contracts with any local, state, federal or private agency, department, firm, corporation, entity or person for those purposes. At least 50% of the money expended from the fund annually must be expended for the purposes set forth in this subparagraph; and
(2) The hiring of staff and the payment of compensation for employees, payment of per diem and reimbursement of expenses for members pursuant to Title 5, section 12004-H and payment of administrative and overhead costs associated with the business of the council; and
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6455, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1993, c. 545, §5, is further amended by amending the first paragraph to read:
5. Fund established; license surcharge assessed. The Lobster Promotion Fund, referred to in this subchapter as the "fund," is established to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. The department shall pay to the fund all money appropriated or received by the department for the purposes of this subchapter, except that the department may retain funds necessary to reimburse the department for the actual cost of collecting the license surcharges established in this subsection. The fund is capitalized from the following annual surcharges assessed on the following licenses issued by the department for calendar years 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001:
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated.
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