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 |   | | An Act To Amend the Lobster Fishing Laws of Maine |  
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 |   | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |  
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 |   |  | Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §6421, sub-§5-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 468, §2, is  |  | further amended to read: |  
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 |   |  | 5-A.  Student license eligibility.  A student license may only  |  | be issued only to a person who, at the time of application, is a  |  | full-time student 8 years of age or older and under 23 years of  |  | age.  For the purposes of this subsection, "full-time student"  |  means "student" as defined in Title 39-A, section 102, subsection  |  8, paragraph C.: |  
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 |   | | A.__A person attending a public day school in accordance  |  | with the attendance requirement of Title 20-A, section 5001- |  | A, subsection 1; |  
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 |   | | B.__A person meeting the requirements of an alternative to  |  | attendance at public day school in accordance with Title 20- |  | A, section 5001-A, subsection 3; or |  
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 |   | | C.__A person enrolled in a full-time course of study at a  |  | college or university accredited by a state-recognized  |  | accrediting agency or body. |  
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 |   | | A person may not be considered to have ceased to be a student  |  | during any interim between school years if the interim does not  |  | exceed 5 months and if it is shown that the person has a bona  |  | fide intention of continuing to pursue a full-time course of  |  | study during the semester or other enrollment period immediately  |  
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