CHAPTER 354
H.P. 985 - L.D. 1421
An Act To Address the Constitutionality of Maine's Resident-only Lobster License
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 WW, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: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;
D. Three hundred forty-one dollars and twenty-five cents for a resident Class III license;
D-1. Two thousand forty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents for a nonresident Class III license;
E. Fifty-six dollars for a resident apprentice lobster and crab fishing license for applicants under 18 years of age;
E-1. Three hundred thirty-six dollars for a nonresident apprentice lobster and crab fishing license for applicants under 18 years of age;
F. One hundred and fourteen dollars for a resident apprentice lobster and crab fishing license for applicants 18 years of age or older;
F-1. Six hundred and eighty-two dollars and seventy-five cents for a nonresident apprentice lobster and crab fishing license for applicants 18 years of age or older;
G. Fifty-six dollars for a student lobster and crab fishing license; and
H. Fifty-six dollars for a noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license.
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6451, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 520, §6, is further amended to read:
1. Allocation of license fees. Ten dollars of each $113.75 fee, $10 of each $114 fee, $20 of each $228.50 fee, $30 of each $341.25 fee, $30 of each $336 fee, $60 of each $682.75 fee, $120 of each $1,371.50 fee, $180 of each $2,047.25 fee and $5 of each $56 fee for each lobster and crab fishing license must be allocated to the Lobster Fund, which must be used for the purposes of lobster biology research, of propagation of lobsters by liberating seed lobsters and female lobsters in Maine coastal waters and of establishing and supporting lobster hatcheries.
Effective September 17, 2005.
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