| | | A. After conducting a written survey in the zone, a lobster | | management policy council may propose to the commissioner an | | exit ratio to limit new zone entrants to the zone. The | | lobster management policy council may also propose to the | | commissioner a provision to exempt from the requirements of | | this section an individual who became eligible for but had | | not been issued a Class I, Class II or Class III license | | pursuant to section 6421, subsection 5, paragraph C or | | former paragraph H prior to January 1, 2000 and to allow | | that individual to declare the zone as that individual's | | declared lobster zone. The lobster management policy | | council is not required to submit the proposal to referendum | | and the proposed exit ratio does not need to receive | | approval through the survey in order to be forwarded to the | | commissioner. |
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| | | C. Rules adopted under this subsection must establish an | | exit ratio between the number of individuals who declared | | that zone as their declared lobster zone in the year prior | | to the previous calendar year, but who did not declare that | | zone as their declared lobster zone in the previous calendar | | year, and the number of new zone entrants authorized under | | subsection 7. An exit ratio established by rule under this | | subsection is not required to be the same as the exit ratio | | proposed by the lobster management policy council. Rules | | adopted under this subsection may exempt from the | | requirements of this section an individual who became | | eligible for but who had not been issued a Class I, Class II | | or Class III license pursuant to section 6421, subsection 5, | | paragraph C or former paragraph H prior to January 1, 2000 | | and allow such an individual to declare the zone as that | | individual's declared lobster zone. |
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| | | Sec. A-8. 12 MRSA §6749-X, sub-§3, ķA, as amended by PL 2001, c. 327, | | §18, is further amended to read: |
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| | | A. The designation of open days for the harvesting of sea | | urchins by handfishing, dragging, hand-raking and trapping | pursuant to section 6749-W or under rules adopted under | | section 6749; |
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| | | Sec. A-9. 12 MRSA §7468, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2001, c. 655, §5 and | | affected by §20 and amended by c. 690, Pt. A, §12, is repealed | | and the following enacted in its place: |
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| | | 4.__Wild turkey hunting permits.__The fee for a wild turkey | | hunting permit is $10 for residents and $40 for nonresidents and | | aliens.__When a public chance drawing is utilized to allocate | | permits, any Maine resident, nonresident or alien who is eligible | | to obtain a Maine hunting license or who will be eligible to |
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