H. Forty-six Fifty-six dollars for a noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license.

8. Exception. The fee for a Class I or an apprentice lobster and crab fishing license for applicants 70 years of age or older is $46 $56.

Sec. WW-3. 12 MRSA §6431-B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 468, §5, is amended to read:

§6431-B. Tag system

By March 1, 1996, the commissioner shall establish by rule a lobster trap tag system under which lobster and crab fishing license holders must purchase tags for the purpose of identifying and tracking traps. The rules must contain provisions for replacing lost tags. The commissioner may impose a per-tag fee to cover the cost of trap tags, the costs of administering and enforcing a lobster trap tag system, the costs of management of the lobster fishery and the costs associated with lobster management policy councils and referenda pursuant to section 6447. Trap tag fees must be deposited in the Lobster Management Fund established under section 6431-C.

Sec. WW-4. 12 MRSA §6431-C, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2001, c. 581, §3, is further amended to read:

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 of management of the lobster fishery, 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, the 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.

Sec. WW-5. 12 MRSA §6451, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 19, §4, is further amended to read:

1. Allocation of license fees. Ten dollars of each $93 $113.75 fee, $20 of each $186 $228.50 fee, $30 of each $279 $341.25 fee and $5 of each $46 $56 fee for each lobster and crab fishing license must be allocated to the Lobster Fund, which