LD 1920
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5.__Live bait retailer's license authorizations and restrictions.__
The provisions of this subsection apply to the selling of live
smelts and baitfish under a live bait retailer's license.

 
A.__The holder of a live bait retailer's license may:

 
(1)__Sell live baitfish or smelts acquired from a
person licensed under this section to deal in live
baitfish or smelts;

 
(2)__Designate others to assist in selling live smelts
and baitfish at the license holder's business facility;

 
(3)__Transport live smelts and baitfish or designate
another to transport live smelts and baitfish on the
license holder's behalf; and

 
(4)__Possess more than the daily bag limit of smelts,
provided that the smelts were acquired from a person
licensed under this section to deal in live smelts.

 
B.__The holder of a live bait retailer's license:

 
(1)__May not take or possess for the purposes of retail
sale live baitfish or smelts from the inland waters of
the State or private ponds;

 
(2)__Shall present a receipted invoice, bill of lading,
bill of sale or other satisfactory evidence of the
lawful possession of live baitfish or smelts for retail
sale to any agent of the commissioner upon request; or

 
(3)__May not possess at that person's place of business
any species of fish that may not legally be sold as
bait.

 
Each day a person violates this paragraph that person
commits a class E crime.

 
6.__Baitfish wholesaler's license authorizations and
restrictions.__The provisions of this subsection apply to the
taking and selling of baitfish under the baitfish wholesaler's
license.

 
A.__The holder of a baitfish wholesaler's license may:

 
(1)__Take for the purpose of sale live baitfish from
the inland waters of the State or from private ponds;


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