An Act To Repeal Inactive Boards and Commissions
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1254
House Amendment HA_A_H331 (House)

HOUSE AMENDMENT ·if" to H.P. 873, L.D. 1254, Bill, "An Act To Repeal 
Inactive Boards and Commissions" 
Amend the bill in section 49 by striking out all of subsection I-A (page 6, lines 34 to 
and page 7, lines 1 to 23 in L.D.) and inserting the following: 
't-A. Appointment; composition; term; compensation. The Marine Resources 
Advisory Council, established by Title 5, section 12004-G, subsection 27, consists of 16 
members. The chair of the Lobster Advisory Council, the chair of the Marine 
Recreational Fishing Adviso!)' Council, the chair of the Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat 
Advisory Council, the chair of the Sea Urchin Zone Council and the chair of the Shellfish 
Advisory 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 matters and to confinuation by the 
Legislature. Five members must be persons who are licensed under this Part to engage in 
commercial harvesting activities. Those 5 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 5 members may represent lobster harvesters. The remaining (} 1 
members must include one public member, 4 persons who hold a nonharvesting-related 
license under this Part, one person representing recreational saltwater anglers 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, the chair of the Marine Recreational Fishing 
Adviso!)' Council, the chair of the Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat Advisory Council, the 
chair of the Sea Urchin Zone Council am! the chair of the Shellfish Advisory Council 
shall serve ·until a new chair of the Lobster Advisory Council, a new chair of the Marine 
Recreational Fishing Adviso!)' Council, a new chair of the Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat 
Advisory Council, a new chair of the Sea Urchin Zone Councilor a new chair of the 
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Shellfish Advisory Council, respectively, is chosen. Members are compensated as 
provided in Title 5, chapter 379.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment retains the number of members on the Marine Resources Advisory 
Council at 16 by adding a person representing recreati~1 saltwater anglers. 
SPONSORED BY: 
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(Representative PER 
TOWN: Phippsburg 
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