Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §6431-C, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2001, c. 581, §3, is further amended to read:

2. Purpose. All money credited to the Lobster Management Fund must be used to cover the costs of trap tags and the administration and enforcement of a lobster trap tag system under section 6431-B, the costs associated with lobster management policy councils and referenda pursuant to section 6447, costs associated with the Lobster Advisory Council not supported by the General Fund, and the costs associated with determining eligibility for lobster and crab fishing licenses and eligibility to fish for or take lobsters from a vessel and the costs associated with the provision of educational programs, for which a surcharge is collected from the enrollee, pursuant to section 6423.

Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §6446, sub-§1-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 508, §1, is amended to read:

1-A. Declared lobster zone. A person shall declare on an application for a Class I, Class II or, Class III or noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license the lobster management zone in which that person proposes to fish a majority of that person's lobster traps. A license must identify the zone in which the person is authorized to fish a majority of that person's lobster traps.

Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §6447, sub-§5-B is enacted to read:

5-B.__Zone E council authority.__Notwithstanding any other provision in this subchapter, upon approval in a referendum under subsection 6, a lobster management policy council for Zone E as defined in rules adopted by the department may propose to the commissioner rules for Zone E that do any or all of the following:

A.__Increase the length of time an apprentice must be enrolled in the apprentice program up to a maximum of 5 years.__A proposal to increase the length of enrollment must allow apprentices enrolled in the program to be grandfathered;

B.__Require a sponsor of an apprentice to have held a Class I, Class II or Class III lobster and crab fishing license for at least 5 years;

C.__Require an apprentice training program, before receipt of any new lobster and crab fishing license for fishing in