Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6448, sub-§1, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 508, §3, is amended to read:

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.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6448, sub-§§3 and 4, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 508, §3, are amended to read:

3. Fishing in limited-entry zones. A person who holds a Class I, Class II or, Class III or noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license may not fish a majority of that person's lobster traps in a limited-entry zone unless that person's license identifies that zone as the declared lobster zone.

4. Limited-entry zone as declared lobster zone. A person may not be issued a Class I, Class II or, Class III or noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license that identifies a limited-entry zone as the declared lobster zone unless that person:

A. Held 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; or

B. Is authorized as a new zone entrant by the commissioner pursuant to subsection 7 to declare that zone as the person's declared lobster zone.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6448, sub-§5, ¶¶A and B, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 693, §2, are amended to read:

A. A person who held a Class I, Class II or, Class III or noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license in the previous licensing year and wishes to be a new zone entrant shall indicate to the commissioner in writing a request to declare a limited-entry zone as the person's declared lobster zone. The person must be put on a waiting list maintained under subsection 6 according to the time and date the commissioner receives the request.

B. A person who did not hold a Class I, Class II or, Class III or noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license in the previous licensing year and wishes to be a new zone entrant