| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA c. 619, sub-c. VI is enacted to read: |
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| | | §6491.__Research activities; rulemaking |
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| | | The department may not conduct any research activities dealing | | with lobster fishing, including, but not limited to, research | | trawl surveys, that could involve interference with or the need | | to move lobstering gear, unless those activities are authorized | | pursuant to a rule adopted by the commissioner pursuant to the | | Maine Administrative Procedure Act.__Any rule adopted by the | | commissioner pursuant to this section is considered a major | | substantive rule as defined in Title 5, section 8071.__For | | purposes of this section, "lobstering gear" means lobster traps, | | warps, buoys and cars. |
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| | | This bill requires the Commissioner of Marine Resources to | | adopt rules prior to conducting any research activities dealing | | with lobstering, including, but not limited to, research trawl | | surveys conducted by the Department of Marine Resources, that | | could involve interference with or the need to move lobstering | | gear. The rules required by this bill are designated to be major | | substantive rules and would require review by the committee of | | jurisdiction of the Legislature before they become effective. |
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