SP0095, LD 278, item 1, An Act To Bring Equity to the Sea Urchin License Fees

An Act To Bring Equity to the Sea Urchin License Fees

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

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6748, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. WW, §19, is further amended to read:

4. Fee. The fee for a handfishing sea urchin license is $111 $2.50 multiplied by the total number of open fishing days in the applicable zone.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6748-A, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. WW, §20, is further amended to read:

4. Fee. The fee for a sea urchin dragging license is $111 $2.50 multiplied by the total number of open fishing days in the applicable zone.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6748-D, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. WW, §21, is further amended to read:

4. Fee. The fee for a sea urchin hand-raking and trapping license is $111 $2.50 multiplied by the total number of open fishing days in the applicable zone.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6749-Q, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1995, c. 392, §8, is further amended to read:

1. Handfishing sea urchin license. One hundred and sixty dollars Three dollars and sixty cents multiplied by the total number of open fishing days in the applicable zone on a sea urchin handharvesting license;

Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §6749-Q, sub-§1-A, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 392, §8, is amended to read:

1-A. Sea urchin hand-raking and trapping license. One hundred and sixty dollars Three dollars and sixty cents multiplied by the total number of open fishing days in the applicable zone on a sea urchin hand-raking and trapping license;

Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §6749-Q, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 740, §3, is amended to read:

2. Sea urchin dragging license. One hundred and sixty dollars Three dollars and sixty cents multiplied by the total number of open fishing days in the applicable zone on a sea urchin dragging license;

summary

Under current law, the holder of a sea urchin fishing license pays the same license fee to fish for sea urchins in either Zone 1 or Zone 2 despite a significant difference between the zones in the number of days open to sea urchin fishing. This bill restructures the current annual fee for sea urchin fishing licenses to a fee based on the number of days available for the license holder to fish for sea urchins.

SP0095 LD 278	First Regular Session - 124th Maine Legislature Text: MS-Word, RTF or PDF		LR 645 Item 1
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