An Act To Preserve Marine Resources Licenses for Active Duty Service Members
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1448
Committee: Marine Resources
Sponsors: GERZOFSKY, DEVIN, CLEVELAND, CRAVEN, HASKELL, JOHNSON, BROOKS, DOAK, WEAVER
Amends: 12 MRSA §6311

Legislative Document 
No. 1448 
S.P. 530 
In Senate, April 24, 2013 
An Act To Preserve Marine Resources Licenses for Active Duty 
Service Members 
(AFTER DEADLINE) 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
205. 
Reference to the Committee on Marine Resources suggested and ordered printed. 
DAREK M. GRANT 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator GERZOFSKY of Cumberland. 
Cosponsored by Representative DEVIN of Newcastle and 
Senators: CLEVELAND of Androscoggin, CRAVEN of Androscoggin, HASKELL of 
Cumberland, JOHNSON of Lincoln, Representatives: BROOKS of Winterport, DOAK of 
Columbia Falls, WEAVER of York. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §6311, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 111, §2, is amended 
to read: 
4.  Limited application.  This section applies Subsections 2 and 3 apply only if the 
member's service is in support of: 
A.    An operational mission for which members of the Reserves of the United States 
Armed Forces have been ordered to active duty without volunteering for that mission; 
or 
B.    Forces activated during a period of war declared by the United States Congress 
or a period of national emergency declared by the President of the United States or 
the United States Congress. 
Sec. 2.  12 MRSA §6311, sub-§5 is enacted to read: 
5.  Inactive licenses.  A valid license issued under this subpart and held by a person 
who is a member of the United States Armed Forces, including the National Guard and 
the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces and the United States Coast Guard, and 
who is under an order to active duty for a period of more than 30 days becomes inactive 
upon receipt by the commissioner of a copy of the person's order to active duty in the 
United States Armed Forces for the period of time that the person is under the order to 
active duty. An inactive license under this subsection may not be used for fishing but 
preserves all other rights of a holder of an active valid license and is not subject to the 
payment of a fee for the license while the license remains inactive.  A person who 
possesses an inactive license under this subsection may reactivate the license within 30 
days of release from active duty upon providing notice of release from active duty to the 
commissioner, and upon activation the license remains valid until the end of the licensing 
period in which the person is released from active duty. 
SUMMARY 
This bill makes a valid license issued by the Department of Marine Resources 
inactive with no fee due for a holder who is a member of the United States Armed Forces, 
including the National Guard and the Reserves of the United States Armed Forces and the 
United States Coast Guard, who is under orders for active duty.  The license may be 
reactivated within 30 days of the holder's release from active duty and remains valid until 
the end of the licensing period in which the holder is released from active duty.