A lease renewal application must include a nonrefundable application fee of no more than $1,500, the amount to be set by the commissioner depending on the type of aquaculture permitted by the lease.

Sec. A-9. 12 MRSA §6072, sub-§12-A, ¶B, as amended by PL 1997, c. 609, §3, is further amended to read:

B. The commissioner may grant lease transfers if the commissioner determines that:

(1) The change in lessee does not violate any of the standards in subsection 7;

(2) The transfer is not intended to circumvent the intent of subsection 8;

(3) The transfer is not for speculative purposes; and

(4) The Except as provided in subsection 13-A, the transfer will not cause the transferee to be a tenant of any kind in leases covering an aggregate of more than 250 300 acres.

Sec. A-10. 12 MRSA §6072, sub-§12-A, ¶C is enacted to read:

C.__A lease transfer application must include a nonrefundable application fee of not more than $5,000, the amount to be set by the commissioner depending on the type of aquaculture permitted by the lease.

Sec. A-11. 12 MRSA §6072, sub-§13, ¶F, as amended by PL 1997, c. 138, §6, is further amended to read:

F. For defining application requirements, an application review process and decision criteria; and

Sec. A-12. 12 MRSA §6072, sub-§13, ¶G, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 525, §2, is amended to read:

G. For adding or deleting authorization for the holder of an aquaculture lease to grow specific species on the lease site.; and