APPROVED CHAPTER
MARCH 25, 2024 563
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR
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S.P. 859 - L.D. 2031
An Act to Make Changes to the State's Marine Resources Laws
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6078-A, as amended by PL 2013, c. 301, §6, is repealed.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6305, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2013, c. 468, §9, is further
amended to read:
1. Exhibit on demand. When any person is engaged in an activity that is licensed
under marine resources' laws, that person shall have that license in that person's actual
possession and shall, on. At the request of a marine patrol officer or other authorized
person, the person shall exhibit that person's license.
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6305, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2013, c. 468, §9, is further
amended to read:
1-A. Photo identification. When a person is engaged in an activity for which a license
is required under section 6302‑A, subsection 3, paragraph E, E‑1, F or G or section 6505‑A,
that person shall have a government-issued identification card with that person's
photograph and date of birth in that person's actual possession and shall, on. At the request
of a marine patrol officer or other authorized person, the person shall present the
government-issued identification card with that person's photograph and date of birth.
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6305, sub-§1-B, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 468, §9, is amended
to read:
1-B. Elver transaction card. When a person is engaged in an activity for which a
license is required under section 6302‑A, subsection 3, paragraph E, E‑1, F or G or section
6505‑A, that person shall have the elver transaction card issued by the department under
section 6505‑A to that person in that person's actual possession and shall, on. At the request
of a marine patrol officer or other authorized person, the person shall present the elver
transaction card.
Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §6749-Q, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 740, §3, is amended
to read:
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 4. Wholesale seafood license with a sea urchin buyer's permit. Five One hundred
and sixty dollars on a wholesale seafood license with a sea urchin buyer's permit; and
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §6803, sub-§2, ¶E, as amended by PL 2001, c. 421, Pt. B, §50
and affected by Pt. C, §1, is further amended to read:
E. Anyone harvesting, possessing, shipping, or transporting or selling seaweed that
has detached naturally and is dead.
Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §6808, sub-§4-B is enacted to read:
4-B. Municipal exemption. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a license is not required
to fish for, take, possess or transport green crabs if the green crabs are taken by a person
acting at the direction of a municipal shellfish management committee, established
pursuant to section 6671, subsection 2, for the purpose of municipal shellfish management.
Green crabs taken under this exemption may not be sold.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 2031, SP 859: 12.6078, 12.6305, 12.6803
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 563: 12.6078, 12.6305, 12.6749, 12.6803