LD 1920
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this section are considered in transport even if the motor vehicle
or trailer may be temporarily placed at a specific location by the
licensee, or the licensee's designee, for the purpose of selling
live smelts or baitfish to anglers.

 
2.__License required.__A person may not:

 
A. Possess for resale, sell or offer to sell live smelts,
Osmerus mordax, or live baitfish, as defined in section
10001, subsection 6, without an appropriate and valid
license issued under subsection 3;

 
B. Engage in taking or assist in taking live baitfish for
resale from inland waters without a valid baitfish
wholesaler's license;

 
C. Engage in taking or assist in taking live smelts for
resale from inland waters without a smelt wholesaler's
license; or

 
D. Sell live smelts or baitfish from more than one facility
without an appropriate and valid license for each facility.

 
Each day a person violates this subsection, that person commits a
Class E crime for which a minimum fine of $50 and an amount equal
to twice the applicable license fee must be imposed.

 
3.__Issuance; eligibility.__The commissioner may issue to a
resident or nonresident upon payment of the appropriate fee:

 
A.__A live bait retailer's license that permits a person to
possess for resale, sell or offer to sell live smelts and
baitfish;

 
B.__A baitfish wholesaler's license that permits a person to
take and possess for resale, sell or offer to sell live
baitfish; and

 
C.__A smelt wholesaler's license that permits a person to
take and possess for resale, sell or offer to sell live
smelts.

 
4.__Schedule of fees.__The fees for licenses under this
section are:

 
A.__For a live bait retailer's license, $14;

 
B.__For a baitfish wholesaler's license, $24; and

 
C.__For a smelt wholesaler's license, $69.


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