An Act To Amend the Fees of Special Licenses under the Marine Resources Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1701
Committee: Marine Resources
Sponsors: DAMON
Amends: 12 MRSA §6074

12lst MAINE LEGISLATURE 
Legislative Document 
No. 1701 
S.P.633 
In Senate, December 17, 2003 
An Act To Amend the Fees of Special Licenses under the Marine 
Resources Laws 
Submitted by the Department of Marine Resources pursuant to Joint Rule 204. 
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 16, 2003. Referred to the Committee 
on Marine Resources pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint Rule 
401. 
Presented by Senator DAMON of Hancock. 
Printed on recycled paper 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6074, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1983, c. 662 , 
§3, is further amended to read: 
3. 
Filing fee. 
Each 
application 
saa** 
must 
include 
a 
nonrefundable filing fee of $99 $100. The fee may be waived for 
research activity by institutions or organizations financed in 
whole or part by state funding. 
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No 
filing 
fee 
may 
be 
required 
from 
a 
municipality 
applying for a special license for using a hydraulic dredge under 
section 6623. 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6074, sub-§5, as amended by PL 1989, c. 204, 
§2, is further amended to read: 
5. 
Fees. 
At the time of the initial issuance of a special 
license, and each year upon renewal, an annual fee must be paid. 
The annual fee for a special license saall-ee-$J9, not to exceed 
individuals, is $50. 
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sa*meRT An annual fee for a special license for more than 2 
individuals, not to exceed 10 individuals, is $100. 
Additional 
individuals may be included in a special license in groups up to 
10, for an additional $100 per group. 
The fee may be waived for 
research activity by institutions or organizations financed in 
whole or part by state funding. 
We 
he license fee may not be 
required from a municipality for a special license for using a 
hydraulic dredge under section 6623. 
We he license fee may not be 
required for employees of the department when they are acting in 
their 
capacity 
as 
employees 
under 
the 
direction 
of 
the 
commissioner or the commissioner's designated representative. 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6074, sub-§6, as repealed and replaced by PL 
1979, c. 412, is amended to read: 
6. 
Renewal. 
A. 
The initial issuance of each special license saall must 
specify the number of times the license may be renewed after 
the initial issuance. Each license may be renewed at least 4 
times. The commissioner, with the advice and consent of the 
advisory council L 
may authorize yp--t-<r-19 renewalsT if the 
necessary investment in the research or aquaculture requires 
additional renewals. 
B. 
The 
request 
commissioner shall 
for the authorized 
annually renew the 
number of renewals, 
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unless the 
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license holder has not complied with the conditions of the 
license, or the commissioner finds that renewal is not in 
the best interest of 
the 
State. 
Renewals 
shall 
do 
not 
require a new application HeF or filing fee and shall do not 
require the advice and consent of the advisory council. 
Sec.4. 12 MRSA §6074, sub-§9, is enacted to read: 
9. 
Penalty. 
An individual who fails to comply with the 
conditions or limitations on the licensed activity under this 
section commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not 
less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged. 
SUMMARY 
This bill increases 
the 
filing 
fee 
for 
applying 
for 
a 
special license from 
$50 
to $100, 
and the annual 
fee 
for 
a 
special license from $25 to $50. 
The bill strikes language that 
waives 
the application filing fee 
for 
a 
special license for 
raising and selling Pacific salmon. 
In addition, it changes the 
way that license holders are charged for additional names on the 
license, from a per-individual charge to a flat fee for up to a 
gi ven number of names. 
Currently, 
the Commissioner of Marine 
Resources may waive the filing fee for state-funded institutions; 
this bill adds the same language to allow the commissioner to 
also waive the annual fee for such institutions. 
This bill adds 
a 
penalty provision creating a 
civil violation, 
which is in 
addition to the general authority of the Department of Marine 
Resources to suspend licenses.