CHAPTER 468

H.P. 1003 - L.D. 1368

An Act Concerning Age Requirements for Student, Apprentice

and Noncommercial Lobster Licenses

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6421, sub-§3-A, ķE, as amended by PL 1999, c. 490, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

E.__A student license authorizes the license holder to engage in the licensed activities under subsection 2.__A student license may be issued only to a person who, at the time of application, is 8 years of age or older and under 23 years of age.__A person issued a student license may not submerge more than:

(1)__Ten lobster traps in the coastal waters of the State if the person is 8 years of age or older and under 11 years of age;

(2)__Fifty lobster traps in the coastal waters of the State if the person is 11 years of age or older and under 14 years of age; or

(3)__One hundred and fifty lobster traps in the coastal waters of the State if the person is 14 years of age or older and under 23 years of age.

A person issued a student license is enrolled in the apprentice program under section 6422.__When applying for a license the person must designate a sponsor.__For the purposes of this paragraph, "sponsor" means a person who