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| 5. Repeal. This section is repealed December 31, 2005. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6446, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 466, §2 and | | affected by §5, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 1-A. Declared lobster zone; authorized zones. A person shall | declare on | | or noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license, a person shall | | declare the lobster management zone in which that person | | proposes to fish a majority of that person's lobster traps and | | shall list all other zones in which that person proposes to fish | | any of that person's lobster traps. A Class I, Class II, Class | | III or noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license must | | identify the declared lobster zone in which the person is | | authorized to fish a majority of that person's lobster traps and | | must identify all other zones in which a person is authorized to | | fish that person's traps. A person may not place any lobster | | traps in a zone that is not identified on that person's license.__ | | For the purposes of this subsection, the majority of a person's | | lobster traps must be determined from the number of trap tags | | issued to that person. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6448, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2003, c. 510, Pt. A, | | §7, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Rules for limited-entry zones. The commissioner may adopt | | rules establishing limits on new zone entrants to a lobster | | management zone. These rules must be adopted in accordance with | | this subsection. |
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| | | A. After conducting a written survey in the zone, a lobster | | management policy council may propose to the commissioner an | exit ratio to limit new zone entrants to the zone. The | lobster management policy council may also propose to the | commissioner a provision to exempt from the requirements of | this section an individual who became eligible for but had | not been issued a Class I, Class II or Class III license | pursuant to section 6421, subsection 5, paragraph C or | former paragraph H prior to January 1, 2000 and to allow | that individual to declare the zone as that individual's | declared lobster zone. | | council is not required to submit the proposal to referendum | | and the proposed exit ratio does not need to receive | | approval through the survey in order to be forwarded to the | | commissioner. |
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| | | B. The commissioner may initiate rulemaking under this | | subsection only upon receipt of a proposal under paragraph A. | | The commissioner shall hold a public hearing on the |
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