An Act To Correct Certain Errors and Inconsistencies in Marine Resources Laws LR2616(02)
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 1758
Committee Amendment CA_A_H647 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §6743

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Act 
To 
Correct Certain 
Resources Laws" 
.. /} .. to 
Errors 
H.P. 1280, L.D. 1758, 
and Inconsistencies 
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 7. 
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in Marine 
Further amend the bill by inserting after section 9 the 
following: 
'Sec. 10. 12 MRSA §6743, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 
297, §4, is amended to read: 
3. 
Exception. This section shall ~ 
not apply to the 
taking of quahogs under the authority of section 6856 
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Sec.H. 12 MRS A §6747, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 328, 
§3, is amended to read: 
3. 
Exception. 
This section shall ~ 
not apply to: 
A. 
The taking of mussels under the authority of section 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT .. If. to H.P. 1280, L.D. 1758 
Further amend the bill by inserting after section 12 the 
following: 
, Sec. 
13. 
Appropriations 
and 
allocations. 
appropriations and allocations are made. 
MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Bureau of Resource Management 
0027 
The 
following 
Initiative: 
Provides a base allocation for the Marine Fisheries 
and Research Development Fund. 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
All Other 
Other Special Revenue Funds Total 
2003-04 
$0 
$0 
2004-05 
$500 
$500' 
Further amend the 
nonconsecutive 
Part 
consecutively. 
bill by relettering or renumbering any 
letter 
or 
section 
number 
to 
read 
SUMMARY 
This 
amendment strikes the provision from the bill that 
prohibits the possession of striped bass except for personal 
use. 
Additionally, the amendment strikes language that allows a 
person under certain conditions to wash or keep quahogs 
and 
mussels in closed waters. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Transfers 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Approved: 01/23/04 ~ac:.. 
12lst Maine Legislature 
Office of Fiscal and Program Review 
LD 1758 
An Act To Correct Certain Errors and Inconsistencies in Marine 
Resources Laws 
LR2616(02) 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "" 
Committee: Marine Resources 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2003-04 
2004-05 
Projections 
2005-06 
Projections 
2006-07 
$0 
$500 
$500 
$500 
$0 
$0 
$0 
$0 
The establishment of the Marine Fisheries Research and Development Fund will require a base annual Other Special 
Revenue Funds allocation of $500 beginning in fiscal year 2004-05. 
The Department of Marine Resources estimates that approximately $150,000 will be transferred from the Aquarium 
and Resource Center at West Boothbay Harbor Fund to the Department of Marine Resources Educational Fund and 
that approximately $175,000 will be transferred from the gas tax fund to the Marine Fisheries Research and 
Development Fund. 
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