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Zone E, that consists of course work on current laws and | | rules and principles of fishing. A proposal to require | | course work in the apprentice training program must provide | | for transferees into the zone to be grandfathered: |
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| | | D.__Require that an apprentice may enter Zone E only if | | the apprentice apprenticed in Zone E; |
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| | | E.__Require that all transferees into Zone E go to the end | | of the waiting list; |
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| | | F.__Require that all student licensees who fulfill the | | Zone E apprentice entry criteria go to the end of the | | apprentice waiting list; and |
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| | | G.__Provide a family commercial transfer option. |
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| | | Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §6448, sub-§1, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 508, §3, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | C. "New zone entrant" means a person who declares a | | limited-entry zone as that person's declared lobster zone | | but who did not hold in the previous licensing year a | Class I, Class II or, Class III or noncommercial lobster | | and crab fishing license that identified that zone as the | | person's declared lobster zone. |
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| | | Sec. 10. 12 MRSA §6448, sub-2, ¶¶A and C, as amended by PL 1999, c. | | 693, §1, are further amended to read: |
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| | | A. After conducting a written survey in the zone, a | | lobster management policy council may propose to the | | commissioner an exit ratio to limit new zone entrants to | | the zone. The lobster management policy council may also | | propose to the commissioner a provision to exempt from the | | requirements of this section an individual who became | | eligible for but had not been issued a Class I, Class II | or, Class III or noncommercial license pursuant to section | | 6421, subsection 5, paragraph C or H prior to January 1, | | 2000 and to allow that individual to declare the zone as | | that individual's declared lobster zone. The lobster | | management policy council is not required to submit the | | proposal to referendum and the proposed exit ratio does | | not need to receive approval through the survey in order | | to be forwarded to the commissioner. |
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| | | C. Rules adopted under this subsection must establish an exit | | ratio between the number of individuals who declared that zone | | as their declared lobster zone in the year prior to the | | previous calendar year, but who did not declare that |
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