CHAPTER 282
H.P. 1114 - L.D. 1483
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6446, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:
2-A. Rules pursuant to section 6447, subsection 5-A. The commissioner may adopt rules for a zone established under subsection 1 that are proposed pursuant to section 6447, subsection 5-A only when the rules were proposed by the lobster management policy council established for that zone pursuant to section 6447, subsection 1 and the proposed rules were approved in a referendum pursuant to section 6447, subsection 6. The commissioner may accept the rules proposed by a lobster management policy council as reasonable and adopt those rules or reject the council's proposed rules as unreasonable. The rules adopted under this subsection by the commissioner must accurately reflect the intent of the rules proposed by a lobster management policy council but are not required to be a verbatim rendition of the proposed rules.
This subsection is repealed June 1, 2004.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6447, sub-§5-A is enacted to read:
5-A. Zone C council authority. Notwithstanding any other provision in this subchapter, upon approval in a referendum under subsection 6, a lobster management policy council for Zone C, as defined in rules adopted by the department, may propose to the commissioner rules for Zone C that do any or all of the following:
A. Increase the length of time an apprentice must be enrolled in the apprentice program up to a maximum of 5 years. A proposal to increase the length of enrollment must establish the ability for apprentices enrolled in the program to be grandfathered;
B. Require a sponsor of an apprentice to have held a Class I, Class II or Class III lobster and crab fishing license for at least 5 years;
C. Require an apprentice training program that consists of course work on current laws and rules and principles of fishing;
D. Require that an apprentice may only enter Zone C if the apprentice apprenticed in Zone C; or
E. Establish a one-year, 2-year or 3-year waiting period for transferees to transfer into Zone C.
This subsection is repealed June 1, 2004.
Effective September 21, 2001, unless otherwise indicated.
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