Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §12004-I, sub-§57-E is enacted to read:

57-E. License Expenses 12 MRSA

Marine Appeals Only §6310

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Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6310 is enacted to read:

§6310.__Appeal of license denial

1.__Appeal of license denial.__A person denied a license identified in subsection 2 because that person does not meet the eligibility requirements for that license may appeal under this section for a review of that license denial.

2.__Limited-entry license.__This section applies to the following licenses:

A.__A Class I, Class II or Class III lobster and crab fishing license;

B.__An elver fishing license; and

C.__A handfishing sea urchin license; a sea urchin dragging license; and a sea urchin hand-raking and trapping license.

3. License Appeals Board; purpose.__The License Appeals Board, established in Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 57-E and referred to in this section as the "board," shall consider appeals on an individual basis from a person appealing a license denial under this section and shall make a recommendation to the commissioner for the commissioner's approval or denial of the appeal.

4.__Board members appointment; term; compensation. The board consists of 8 members, except that 3 members of the board selected by the commissioner to preside over each appeal shall perform the duties of the board for that appeal as provided in subsection 5.__The commissioner shall appoint the members as follows:

A.__Two public members who do not hold licenses under this Part; and

B.__Six members who are licensed under this Part to engage in commercial harvesting activities in limited-entry fisheries, including 2 members holding lobster and crab