An Act to Amend the Eligibility a Lobster and Crab Fishing License A" to H. P. 220 , Requirements for
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0277
Committee Amendment CA_A-HA_B_H344 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §6310

HOUSE AMENDMENT "B" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
L.D. 277, Bill, "An Act to Amend the Eligibility 
a Lobster and Crab Fishing License" 
"A" to H. P. 220 , 
Requirements for 
Amend the amendment by inserting after the 2nd indented 
paragraph and before section 1 the following: 
'Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6310, sub-§2, ~A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 
643, §1, is amended to read: 
A. 
A Class I, Class II or Class III lobster and crab 
fishing license may be issued to a person on appeal only if: 
(1) 
A substantial illness or medical condition on the 
part of the person or a family member prevented that 
person from meeting the eligibility requirements for a 
license in 1997, 1998 or 1999, and the person documents 
that the person harvested lobsters while in possession 
of a Class I, Class II or Class III lobster and crab 
fishing license within one year prior to the onset of 
the illness or medical condition. 
The person shall 
provide the 
commissioner with documentation 
from 
a 
physician 
describing 
the 
illness 
or 
other 
medical 
condition. 
A person may not request an appeal under 
this subparagraph after December 31, 2001; 
(2) 
A substantial illness or medical condition on the 
part of the person or a family member prevented that 
person from meeting the eligibility requirements for a 
license in licensing year 2000 or in subsequent years, 
and the person documents that the person harvested 
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lobsters while in possession of a Class I, Class II or 
Class III lobster and crab fishing license within one 
year prior to the onset of the illness or medical 
condition. 
The person shall provide the commissioner 
with documentation 
from 
a 
physician describing the 
illness or other medical condition. 
A person must 
request an appeal under this subparagraph within one 
year of the onset of the illness or medical condition; 
or 
(3) 
Service in the United States Armed Forces or the 
United States Coast Guard precluded that person from 
participating in the lobster fishery and meeting the 
eligibility requirements for a license, and the person 
documents that the person harvested lobsters while in 
possession of a Class I, Class II or Class III lobster 
and crab fishing license within one year prior to 
enter ing the service. 
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eligible under this subparagraph only if the person has 
been honorably discharged from service and: 
(a) 
The 
person 
has 
served 
for 
more 
than 
consecutive years since the most recent year in 
which the person held a license: and 
(b) 
The person has maintained a Class I, Class II 
or Class III lobster and crab fishing license for 
at least 4 
years or 
50% 
of 
the 
time 
served, 
whichever is shorter. 
A person must reguest an appeal under this subparagraph 
within one year of discharge from service.' 
Further amend 
any 
nonconsecutive 
consecutively. 
the amendment by relettering or renumbering 
Part 
letter 
or 
section 
number 
to 
read 
SUMMARY 
Current law allows a person who was prevented from renewing 
that person's Class I, Class II or Class III lobster and crab 
fishing license due to service in the military to obtain a 
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license upon appeal to the Commissioner of Marine Resources. 
A 
person who 
serves more than 6 years in the military is not 
eligible to appeal. 
This 
amendment 
changes the eligibility for 
a 
successful 
appeal to require that the person has served at least 6 years in 
the military and maintained the lobster and crab fishing license 
for at least 4 years or 50% of the time spent in the military, 
whichever is shorter. 
SPONSORED BY: 
(Representative BIERMAN) 
TOWN: 
Sorrento 
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