An Act To Ensure the Proper Management of the Sea Urchin Industry
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1595
Committee Amendment CA_A_H191 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §6024, 12 MRSA §6749-X

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "ft " to H.P. 1117, L.D. 1595, Bill, "An Act To 
Ensure the Proper Management of the Sea Urchin Industry" 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6024, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 1999, c. 85, §2, is further 
amended to read: 
I-A. Appointment; composition; term; compensation. The Marine Resources 
Advisory Council, established by Title 5, section 12004-G, subsection 27, consists of 15 
members. The Chair of the Lobster Advisory Council and~ the chair of the Marine 
Recreational Fishing Advisory Council and the chair of the Sea Urchin Zone Council are 
ex officio members of the council. Each other member is appointed by the Governor and 
is subject to review by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction 
over marine resources and to confirmation by the Legislature. 8e¥eft Six members must 
be persons who are licensed under this Part to engage in commercial harvesting activities. 
Those ::; Q members are selected by the Governor from names recommended to the 
Governor by groups representing commercial harvesting interests. Each member must 
represent a different commercial harvesting activity, except that none of those::; Q 
members may represent lobster harvesters. The remaining 6 members must include one 
public member, 4 persons who hold a nonharvesting-related license under this Part and 
one person representing the aquaculture industry. The Governor shall select the person to 
represent the aquaculture industry from among the names recommended by the 
aquaculture industry. 
The composition of the council must reflect a geographical 
distribution along the coast. All appointed members are appointed for a term of 3 years, 
except a vacancy must be filled in the same manner as an original member for the 
unexpired portion of the term. An appointed member may not serve for more than 2 
consecutive terms. Appointed members serve until their successors are appointed. The 
Chair of the Lobster Advisory Council aBd~ the chair of the Marine Recreational Fishing 
Advisory Council and the chair of the Sea Urchin Zone Council shall serve until a new 
Chair of the Lobster Advisory Council ef~ a new chair of the Marine Recreational Fishing 
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to H.P. 1117, L.D. 1595 
Advisory Council or a new chair of the Sea Urchin Zone Council, respectively, is chosen. 
Members are compensated as provided in Title 5, chapter 379. 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6749-X, sub-§I, as amended by PL 1999, c. 244, §5, is 
further amended to read: 
1. 
Appointment and election; composition. 
The Sea Urchin Zone Council, 
referred to in this section as the "council," established by Title 5, section 12004-1, 
subsection 57-B, consists of +9 .li members. 
The commissioner shall appoint the 
members Seven members of the council are elected by the sea urchin industry as follows: 
A. +lH=ee One sea urchin harvesters harvester who held holds a current handfishing 
sea urchin license for Zone 1; 
B. +lH=ee One sea urchin harvesters harvester who held holds a current handfishing 
sea urchin license for Zone 2; 
C. +lH=ee One sea urchin harvesters harvester who held holds a current sea urchin 
draggers license for Zone I; 
D. +lH=ee One sea urchin harvesters harvester who held holds a current sea urchin 
draggers license for Zone 2; 
E. T,>,/o individuals whose base of operation is IDeated in Zone 1 and who hold either 
a CUFFent sea urchin processor's permit or a CUFFent One individual who holds a 
current wholesale seafood license with a sea urchin buyer's permit; 
F. Two individuals whose base of operation is located in Zone 2 and .. \'ho hold either 
a CUFFent One individual who holds a current wholesale seafood license with a sea 
urchin processor's permit or a CUFFent sea urchin buyer's permit; and 
I. Two scientists • .... ho have e*pertise in marine resources management; and 
J. One sea urchin harvester who holds a current boat tender's license. 
The commissioner shall appoint the remaining 8 members. 
If possible, those 8 
appointees must include, but not be limited to, a marine scientist, an aquaculturalist, a 
person holding a sea urchin draggers license, a person holding a sea urchin and scallop 
diving tender license and a person holding a sea urchin hand-raking and trapping license. 
In making appointments under paragraphs A, B, C and D this subsection, the 
commissioner shall select members to ensure a geographic distribution of representation 
from each zone. 
Sec.3. 12 MRSA §6749-X, sub-§I-A is enacted to read: 
I-A. Elections. The commissioner shall adopt by rule procedures for conducting the 
election of members required under subsection I. Rules adopted under this subsection 
are routine technical rules pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 4. 
MRSA §6749-X, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 595, §5, is 
amended to read: 
2. Term. Council members serve for 2 years and continue serving until a successor 
is duly appointed or elected and qualified. When a vacancy occurs of an appointed 
member, the commissioner shall fill the vacancy by appointing a member from the same 
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category of members listed in subsection 1 as the member who vacated the council. 
When a vacancy occurs of an elected member, the vacancy must be filled by an election 
as provided by rule. ' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill and adds the chair of the Sea Urchin Zone Council 
to the Marine Resources Advisory Council and changes the makeup of the Sea Urchin 
Zone Council. It reduces the number of Sea Urchin Zone Council members from 19 to 
and provides that 7 members are to be elected by the sea urchin industry and 8 
appointed by the Commissioner of Marine Resources. 
FISCAL .'.OTE I<E(JLIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05102/07 
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LD 1595 
LR 2213(02) 
An Act To Ensure the Proper Management of the Sea Urchin Industry 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,A " 
Committee: Marine Resources 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor savings - General Fund 
LR2213(02) - Fiscal Note - Page 1 of I