CHAPTER 549
H.P. 1632 - L.D. 2284
An Act to Maintain the Eel and Elver Management Fund and Regulate Permits for Eel Weirs
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7153, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 536, Pt. B, §2, is amended to read:
4. Disposition of fees. All fees collected under this section accrue to the Eel and Elver Management Fund established in section 6505-D, except that $42 accrues to the General Fund for each eel pot or eel weir permit issued under this section. This subsection is repealed on January 1, 2001.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7153, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 536, Pt. B, §2, is amended to read:
5. Five-year limited entry; eel weirs. The department may not issue an eel weir permit to a person unless that person possessed a valid eel weir permit for calendar year 1995. This subsection is repealed on January 1, 2001. The department shall adopt routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II-A regarding the issuance of eel weir permits. The number of weirs and the number of square miles of watersheds in this State fished by eel weirs may not exceed those permitted in calendar year 1995.
Effective August 11, 2000, unless otherwise indicated.
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