‘An Act To Provide Flexibility within the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area and To Strengthen the Eligibility Requirements for a Student Lobster Fishing License’
| HP1302 LD 1870 |
First Regular Session - 123rd Legislature - Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF |
LR 2618 Item 2 |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Provide Flexibility within the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area and To Strengthen the Eligibility Requirements for a Student Lobster Fishing License’
Amend the bill before section 1 by inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§5-A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 239, §1, is further amended to read:
A person may not be considered to have ceased to be a student during any interim between school years if the interim does not exceed 5 months and if it is shown that the person has a bona fide intention of continuing to pursue a full-time course of study during the semester or other enrollment period immediately following the interim period. For purposes of this subsection, "full-time course of study" means at least 60% of the usual course load for the program in which the person is enrolled.
The commissioner may revoke a student license of an individual who has ceased to be a full-time student.’
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6472 in subsection 2 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 19 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " not to exceed 270 consecutive" and inserting the following: ' consecutive not to exceed 250'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6472 in subsection 2 in the 3rd line (page 1, line 20 in L.D.) by striking out the following: " September" and inserting the following: ' October'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6472 in subsection 2 in paragraph A in the last line (page 1, line 25 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "6474." the following: ' The commissioner may accept the preferences proposed by 2/3 of the registrants as reasonable and adopt those preferences or reject the preferences as unreasonable. The commissioner shall consult with the lobster management policy council for Zone D before making this decision.'
Amend the bill in section 1 in §6472 in subsection 3 in paragraph A in the last line (page 2, line 4 in L.D.) by inserting after the following: "6474." the following: ' The commissioner may accept the preferences proposed by 2/3 of the registrants as reasonable and adopt those preferences or reject the preferences as unreasonable. The commissioner shall consult with the lobster management policy council for Zone D before making this decision.'
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6475, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 574, §4, is amended to read:
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6475, sub-§5 is enacted to read:
Sec. 4. Report. The Commissioner of Marine Resources shall report on the implementation, enforcement and results from the changes to the lobster and crab fishing season and trap limits for Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area under this Act to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over marine resources matters by January 15, 2011. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over marine resources matters may submit legislation related to that report.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
summary
This amendment:
1. Changes the proposed start for the open season on lobster fishing in the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area from September 1st to October 1st and limits the proposed number of days open to fishing from 270 to 250 and removes the requirement that those days be consecutive;
2. Provides that the Commissioner of Marine Resources may accept the open season and trap limits for lobster fishing in the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area preferences proposed by 2/3 of the registrants in that area as reasonable and adopt those preferences or reject the proposed preferences as unreasonable. The commissioner must consult with the lobster management policy council for Zone D before making a decision on the preferences proposed by the registrants;
3. Increases the number of days a person must apprentice in the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area from 150 days to 200 days to match the apprenticeship requirements in other lobster zones;
4. Provides that a person registered to fish lobsters in the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area must have harvested lobsters during 5 open seasons in that area before that person can fish elsewhere in Zone D without having to go on a waiting list to fish lobsters in that zone; and
5. Directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources to report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over marine resources matters no later than January 15, 2011 on the results of the open season and trap limit change for fishing lobsters in the Monhegan Lobster Conservation Area.