D-1.__Two thousand forty-seven dollars and twenty-five cents for a nonresident Class III license;

E. Fifty-six dollars for an a resident apprentice lobster and crab fishing license for applicants under 18 years of age;

E-1.__Three hundred thirty-six dollars for a nonresident apprentice lobster and crab fishing license for applicants under 18 years of age;

F. One hundred and fourteen dollars for an a resident apprentice lobster and crab fishing license for applicants 18 years of age or older;

F-1.__Six hundred eighty-two dollars for a nonresident apprentice lobster and crab fishing license for applicants 18 years of age or older;

G. Fifty-six dollars for a student lobster and crab fishing license; and

H. Fifty-six dollars for a noncommercial lobster and crab fishing license.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6451, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. WW, §5, is further amended to read:

1. Allocation of license fees. Ten dollars of each $113.75 fee, $20 of each $228.50 fee, $30 of each $341.25 fee, $30 of each $336 fee, $60 of each $682.75 fee, $120 of each $1,371.50 fee, $180 of each $2,047.25 fee and $5 of each $56 fee for each lobster and crab fishing license must be allocated to the Lobster Fund, which must be used for the purposes of lobster biology research, of propagation of lobsters by liberating seed lobsters and female lobsters in Maine coastal waters and of establishing and supporting lobster hatcheries.

SUMMARY

This bill is submitted by the Governor and the Department of Marine Resources in response to the September 30, 2003 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in the case Volovar v. Cahill, et al. The Second Circuit's decision in this case found New York State's nonresident lobster law in violation of the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV of the United States Constitution. In order to address the