SP0095
LD 278		 First Regular Session - 124th Maine Legislature
 
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An Act To Bring Equity to the Sea Urchin License Fees

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6748, sub-§4,  as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. WW, §19, is further amended to read:

4. Fee.  The fee for a handfishing sea urchin license is $111 $2.50 multiplied by the total number of open fishing days in the applicable zone.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6748-A, sub-§4,  as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. WW, §20, is further amended to read:

4. Fee.  The fee for a sea urchin dragging license is $111 $2.50 multiplied by the total number of open fishing days in the applicable zone.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6748-D, sub-§4,  as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. WW, §21, is further amended to read:

4. Fee.  The fee for a sea urchin hand-raking and trapping license is $111 $2.50 multiplied by the total number of open fishing days in the applicable zone.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6749-Q, sub-§1,  as amended by PL 1995, c. 392, §8, is further amended to read:

1. Handfishing sea urchin license.   One hundred and sixty dollars Three dollars and sixty cents multiplied by the total number of open fishing days in the applicable zone on a sea urchin handharvesting license;

Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §6749-Q, sub-§1-A,  as enacted by PL 1995, c. 392, §8, is amended to read:

1-A. Sea urchin hand-raking and trapping license.   One hundred and sixty dollars Three dollars and sixty cents multiplied by the total number of open fishing days in the applicable zone on a sea urchin hand-raking and trapping license;

Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §6749-Q, sub-§2,  as enacted by PL 1993, c. 740, §3, is amended to read:

2. Sea urchin dragging license.   One hundred and sixty dollars Three dollars and sixty cents multiplied by the total number of open fishing days in the applicable zone on a sea urchin dragging license;

summary

Under current law, the holder of a sea urchin fishing license pays the same license fee to fish for sea urchins in either Zone 1 or Zone 2 despite a significant difference between the zones in the number of days open to sea urchin fishing. This bill restructures the current annual fee for sea urchin fishing licenses to a fee based on the number of days available for the license holder to fish for sea urchins.

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