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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§5, as corrected by RR 2001, c. 2, Pt. A,
§§14 and 15, is amended to read:

 
5. Eligibility. A Class I, Class II, Class III, apprentice,
noncommercial or student lobster and crab fishing license may
only be issued to an individual who is a resident. A Class I,
Class II or Class III license may be issued to a person only if
the person:

 
A. Possessed a Class I, Class II or Class III lobster and
crab fishing license in the previous calendar year;

 
C. Meets the requirements of the apprentice program under
section 6422 or section 6475; or

 
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.

 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§7-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. WW,
§2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
7-A.__Fee.__Except as provided in subsection 8, the fee for
the license is:

 
A.__Fifty-six dollars for a resident Class I license for
applicants under 18 years of age;

 
A-1.__Three hundred and thirty-six dollars for a nonresident
Class I license for applicants under 18 years of age;

 
B.__One hundred and thirteen dollars and seventy-five cents
for a resident Class I license for applicants 18 years of
age or older;

 
B-1.__Six hundred and eighty-two dollars and seventy-five
cents for a nonresident Class I license for applicants 18
years of age or older;

 
C.__Two hundred twenty-eight dollars and fifty cents for a
resident Class II license;

 
C-1.__Thirteen hundred seventy-one dollars and fifty cents
for a nonresident Class II license;


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