| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1995, c. 568, §1, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 2. Licensed activity. The holder of a Class I, Class II, | Class III, apprentice or, student or 30-year resident lobster and | crab fishing license may fish for, take, possess, ship or | transport within the State lobsters or crabs and sell lobsters or | crabs the license holder has taken. The license does not | authorize the license holder to remove lobster meat from the | shell or to take, possess, transport or ship lobster parts or | meat. The holder of a Class II or Class III license is liable | for the licensed activities under this subsection of all | unlicensed crew members assisting that licensee. |
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| | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§3-A, ¶G, is enacted to read: |
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| G.__A 30-year resident license authorizes the license holder | to engage in the licensed activities under subsection 2.__A | person issued a 30-year license may not submerge at any one | time more than 150 lobster traps in the coastal waters of | the State. |
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| | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§5-B is enacted to read: |
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| | 5-B.__Thirty-year resident license eligibility.__A 30-year | resident license may be issued only to a person who, at the time | of application, is 65 years of age or older and a resident of the | State and who has been a full-time resident for each of the | previous 30 years.__An applicant for a 30-year resident license | shall provide the commissioner documentation of that applicant's | status as a full-time resident of the State for the current year | and each of the previous 30 years. |
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| | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §5421, sub-§7-A, ¶G, as amended by PL 1995, c. 568, §1, | is further amended to read: |
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| G. Forty-six dollars for a student lobster and crab fishing | license; and |
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| | Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §5421, sub-§7-A, ¶H, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 568, §1, | is amended to read: |
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| H. Forty-six dollars for a noncommercial lobster and crab | fishing license.; and |
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| | Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§7-A, ¶I is enacted to read: |
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