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                                                                 BY GOVERNOR               PUBLIC LAW
                                  STATE OF MAINE
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                           IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
                        TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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                                    H.P. 43 - L.D. 77
  An Act To Authorize the Department of Marine Resources To Charge an
       Application Fee for Entering a Lottery for a Scallop License
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
    Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6706, sub-§5 is enacted to read:
    5. Fee. If the scallop license limited entry system established under subsection 3 is
conducted through a lottery, the commissioner may charge a nonrefundable lottery
application fee not to exceed $50. An application fee collected under this subsection must
be deposited in the Scallop Research Fund established in section 6729-A.
    Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and
allocations are made.
MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
Bureau of Marine Science 0027
Initiative: Provides an ongoing allocation for the administration of a scallop license lottery
program and development of programs that address the restoration, development or
conservation of scallop resources.
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS                                       2021-22          2022-23
 All Other                                                         $50,000          $50,000
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OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL                                  $50,000          $50,000
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