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| | | An Act To Address the Constitutionality of Maine's |
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| | | Resident-only Lobster License |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§5, as corrected by RR 2001, c. 2, Pt. A, | | §§14 and 15, is amended to read: |
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| | | 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: |
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| | | A. Possessed a Class I, Class II or Class III lobster and | | crab fishing license in the previous calendar year; |
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| | | C. Meets the requirements of the apprentice program under | | section 6422 or section 6475; or |
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| | | 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. |
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| | | 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 WW, | | §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | 7-A.__Fee.__Except as provided in subsection 8, the fee for | | the license is: |
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