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| 2. Purpose. All money credited to the Lobster Management Fund | | must be used to cover the costs of trap tags and the administration | | and enforcement of a lobster trap tag system under section 6431-B, | | the costs associated with lobster management policy councils and | | referenda pursuant to section 6447, costs associated with the | Lobster Advisory Council not supported by the General Fund and | | costs associated with determining eligibility for lobster and crab | | fishing licenses and eligibility to fish for or take lobsters from | | a vessel and the costs associated with the provision of educational | | programs, for which a surcharge is collected from the enrollee, | | pursuant to section 6423. |
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| | | Sec. 4. License year for noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license. | | Notwithstanding the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, chapter | | 619, for 2003, the license year for noncommercial lobster and | | crab fishing licenses issued pursuant to Title 12, section 6421 | | begins May 1, 2003 and ends December 31, 2003. |
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| | | This bill directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources to | | establish an educational program for training applicants for | | noncommercial and crab fishing licenses and requires that, | | beginning in 2003, applicants for noncommercial lobster and crab | | fishing licenses successfully complete the course and pass a | | written test. Under this bill, a surcharge will be collected | | from persons taking the course sufficient to cover the costs to | | the department in providing the program. Surcharges collected | | will be deposited in the Lobster Management Fund. |
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