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it until the period of hisshall expire | expires. Any suchhis | | license on demand or continues to pilot commits a civil violation | for which a forfeiture$500 | adjudged for each week after demand that heso | | surrender or for each vessel piloted without a license, and the | | commission may cause to be published in a newspaper of general | | circulation published in the State a notice that that person has no | | authority to act as pilot unless and until reinstated by law. |
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| | | Sec. 23. 38 MRSA §103, as enacted by PL 1969, c. 410, §1, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | Any pilot heretofore licensed by the board | license shall lapse | | compliance with sections 91 and 93, as if applying for an initial | | license. |
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| | | Sec. 24. 38 MRSA §105, as amended by PL 1979, c. 127, §206, is | | repealed. |
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| | | Sec. 25. Initial terms of Maine Pilotage Commission members. Notwithstanding | | the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 89 the initial term | | for the commission member from the Coastal Zone of Schoodic Point | | to Port Clyde is 2 years; the initial term for the commission | | member from the Coastal Zone of Port Clyde to Kittery is one | | year; the initial term of one member representing the Maritime | | industry is 2 years; and the initial term of one member | | representing the public is 2 years. |
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| | | Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, | | this Act takes effect when approved. |
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| | | This bill accomplishes the following. |
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| | | 1. It changes the name of the "Maine State Pilotage | | Commission" to the "Maine Pilotage Commission," increases the | | number of members on the commission and changes the description | | of the jurisdictional area that certain members represent. |
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| | | 2. It increases fees, penalties and fines for violating | | provisions of law governing the piloting of vessels. |
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