CHAPTER 250
H.P. 1063 - L.D. 1501
An Act to Amend the Lobster Laws and Study the Issuance of Lobster and Crab Fishing Licenses Based on Income Derived from Commercial Fishing
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§5, ¶A, as amended by PL 1995, c. 568, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
A. Possessed a Class I, Class II or Class III lobster and crab fishing license in the previous calendar year;
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§5, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 568, §1, is repealed.
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§5, ¶D, as amended by PL 1995, c. 568, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
D. Did not possess a Class I, Class II or Class III lobster and crab fishing license in the previous calendar year because the commissioner had suspended the person's license privileges for a length of time that included the previous calendar year; or
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§5, ¶E, as amended by PL 1995, c. 568, §1, is repealed.
Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§5, ¶F, as amended by PL 1995, c. 568, §1, is further amended to read:
F. Is 65 years of age or older and has held a lobster and crab fishing license; or.
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§5, ¶G, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 568, §1, is repealed.
Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §6422, sub-§4, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 468, §4, are amended to read:
A. Documents to the commissioner that the person obtained practical lobster fishing experience as a sternman employed by the holder of a Class II or Class III license issued under section 6421; or
B. Documents to the commissioner that the person obtained practical lobster fishing experience as a holder of a student license issued under section 6421; or.
Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §6422, sub-§4, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 568, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 9. Report. The Commissioner of Marine Resources shall, by January 15, 1998, report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over marine resource matters on the feasibility of basing categories of lobster and crab fishing licenses on the percentage of income an applicant derives from commercial fishing. The report may include legislation proposed by the commissioner. The report must include an evaluation of methods of determining and reporting the percentage of an applicant's income that is derived from commercial fishing. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over marine resource matters may report out legislation during the Second Regular Session of the 118th Legislature regarding lobster and crab fishing licenses.
Sec. 10. Effective date. Those sections of this Act that affect the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 6421 take effect January 1, 1998.
Effective September 19, 1997, unless otherwise indicated, unless otherwise indicated.
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