CHAPTER 505

S.P. 681 - L.D. 1764

An Act To Amend the Statutes Governing the Commercial

Fishing Safety Council

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6034, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 510, Pt. C, §3, is further amended to read:

1. Appointment; composition. The Commercial Fishing Safety Council, referred to in this section as "the council" and established by Title 5, section 12004-I, subsection 57-E, consists of 17 members, 15 of whom are appointed by the Governor commissioner as follows:

A. One member who is a license holder under this Part and a member of the Lobster Advisory Council, recommended by the chair of the Lobster Advisory Council;

B. One member who is a license holder under this Part and a member of the Marine Resources Advisory Council, recommended by the chair of the Marine Resources Advisory Council;

C. One member who is a license holder under this Part and a member of the Sea Urchin Zone Council, recommended by the chair of the Sea Urchin Zone Council;

D. Five members who are license holders under this Part and who each represent a different commercial marine harvesting activity than the other members of the council, recommended by commercial marine harvesting and aquaculture interests activities;