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appeal under this subparagraph within one year of | discharge | | After a successful appeal, the discharged service | | member is authorized to harvest lobsters in a zone of | | the service member's choice regardless of zone | | restrictions. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6431-F, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 1999, c. 790, | | Pt. A, §12, is further amended to read: |
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| | | B. If the license holder was issued a Class I, Class II | | or Class III lobster and crab fishing license pursuant to | | section 6421, subsection 5, paragraph H or former section | | 6421-A, subsection 1, paragraph D, the license holder may | | not purchase more than 300 trap tags for the initial | | license year. For each following year, the license holder | | may purchase up to an increase of 100 trap tags each year | | as long as the total number does not exceed the trap limit | | established by rule for the zone in which the person | fishes a majority of that person's traps; and |
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| | | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6431-F, sub-§2, ¶C, as amended by PL 1999, c. 643, | | §5, is further amended to read: |
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| | | C. If the license holder was issued a Class I, Class II or | | Class III lobster and crab fishing license on appeal, the | | license holder may purchase for the initial license year a | | number of trap tags up to the number of trap tags | | purchased by the person for the most recent year in which | | the person held a license if the person held a license in | | 1996 or later or 300 trap tags if the person did not hold | | a license in 1996 or later. For each following year, the | | license holder may purchase up to an increase of 100 trap | | tags each year. The number of trap tags may not exceed the | | trap limit established by rule for the zone in which the | person fishes a majority of that person's traps. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6431-F, sub-§2, ¶D is enacted to read: |
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| | | D.__Notwithstanding paragraph C, if the license holder was | | issued a Class I, Class II or Class III lobster and crab | | fishing license on appeal pursuant to section 6310, | | subsection 2, paragraph A, subparagraph (3), the license | | holder may not purchase more than 300 trap tags for the | | initial license year.__For each following year, the | | license holder may purchase up to an increase of 100 trap | | tags each year as long as the total number does not exceed | | the trap limit established by rule for the zone in which | | the person fishes a majority of that person's traps. |
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