An Act To Create a Saltwater Recreational Fishing Registry
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1432
Committee Amendment CA_A-SA_A_S311 (Senate)

124th Legislature regarding matters contained in the report. 
Sec. 4. Contingent effective date. That section of this Act that enacts the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 6312 does not take effect until the Department of 
Marine Resources receives sufficient funding from any source, public or private, to cover 
the anticipated costs of the department and the Department of Inland Fisheries and 
Wildlife on educating the public regarding the saltwater recreational fishing registry. The 
costs may be paid using fees from the fee structure developed pursuant to section 3. 
When the Commissioner of Marine Resources determines that sufficient funding exists, 
the commissioner shall certify this fact to the Secretary of State, the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, the chairs of the joint standing committees 
of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters and 
marine resources matters and the Revisor of Statutes.' 
Amend the amendment by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter 
or section number to read consecutively. 
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SENATE AMENDMENT 
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SENATE AMENDMENT "A" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 516, L.D. 1432 
SUMMARY 
This amendment to Committee Amendment "A" does the following. 
1. It provides that "person with a disability" means a person that has a physical or 
mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on that person's 
ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. 
2. It exempts a person fishing for smelt by hook and line through the ice from a 
commercial smelt fishing shack from the registry requirements. 
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It strikes the provision that prohibits a person registering online from being 
charged an agent fee and instead limits the agent fee that may be charged to $1. 
4. It provides that the provisions of the registry must be implemented and enforced 
within the existing resources of the Department of Marine Resources and directs the 
Commissioner of Marine Resources to work with Maine's congressional delegation to 
seek federal funding for the administration of the registry. 
5. It provides that the department may not expand enforcement activities beyond its 
existing resources unless federal funding is secured to cover the costs of the expanded 
enforcement activities. 
6. It directs that any revenue generated from the sale of registry information must be 
used to fund the costs associated with the registry. 
7. It allows the Department of Marine Resources to receive funding from any public 
or private source and requires those funds to be used only for the costs associated with the 
registry. 
8. It directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources and the Commissioner of Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife to collaborate on developing a fee structure that imposes fees on a 
person that owns or operates a commercial smelt fishing shack, the operator of a vessel 
who possesses a current guide license for tidewater fishing and the operator of a vessel 
licensed to carry passengers for hire for recreational saltwater fishing. The fees must be 
used to cover the costs incurred by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and 
the Department of Marine Resources for activities associated with the saltwater 
recreational fishing registry. It directs the Commissioner of Marine Resources to report 
the fee structures and recommendations, as well as the measures to be taken by the 
departments to educate the public regarding the registry and the costs of those measures, 
to the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources by January 5, 2010. 
The 
committee has authority to submit legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 124th 
Legislature regarding matters contained in the report. 
9. It provides that the provision creating the saltwater recreational fishing registry 
does not take effect unless the Commissioner of Marine Resources determines that 
sufficient funding from any source, public or private, and including the proposed fees, 
exists to cover the costs of developing, maintaining and enforcing the registry and 
educating the public about the registry. 
SENATE AMENDMENT 
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SENATE AMENDMENT"h" to COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to S.P. 516, L.D. 1432 
10. It strikes the appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQumED 
(See attached) 
SPONSORED BY: ~ai----
(Senator TRAHAN) 
COUNTY: Lincoln 
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124tl1 MAINE LEGISLATURE 
LD 1432 
LR 1889(04) 
An Act To Create a Saltwater Recreational Fishing Registry 
Fiscal Note for Senate Amendment "A" to Committee Amendment "A" 
Sponsor: Sen. Trahan of Lincoln 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
A ppropl"iations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
2009-10 
($29,100) 
($29, I 00) 
2010-11 
($40,160) 
($40,160) 
Projections 
2011-12 
($311,135) 
($311,135) 
Projections 
2012-13 
($289,863) 
($289,863) 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
This amendment provides that enactment of the saltwater recreational fishing registry is not effective until the 
DepaJ1ment of Marine Resources receives sufficient funding from federal and/or other sources to cover the anticipated 
costs. Therefore, the appropriations have been removed from the bill. Other Special Revenue Funds revenue may 
increase from fees to be imposed on operators of commercial smelt fishing shacks, operators of vessels who possess a 
guide license for tidewater fishing and operators of vessels who are licensed to carry passengers for hire for 
recreational saltwater fishing. In addition, the legislation states that the Department of Marine Resources shall work· 
with Maine's Congressional Delegation to secure federal funding to cover the costs of the saltwater recreational 
fishing registry. 
Additional costs to the Departments of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Marine Resources associated with 
developing a proposal to establish the fee structure noted above, and to cover the costs associated with the saltwater 
recreational fishing registry, can be absorbed within existing budgeted resources. 
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