An Act To Create an Elver Exporter's License
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1027
Committee Amendment CA_A_H100 (House)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 'A " to H.P. 710, L.D. 1027, Bill, "An Act To 
Create an Elver Exporter's License" 
Amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the enacting clause the 
following: 
'Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, exporters of elvers caught in the State are not currently required to hold a 
license to do so; and 
Whereas, the lack of an elver exporter's license provides opportunity for the 
transport of elvers that may have been caught in violation of state law, and the high value 
of elvers provides an incentive to engage in this practice; and 
Whereas, the requirement that elver exporters hold an elver exporter's license will 
improve the ability of the Department of Marine Resources to better enforce all elver 
fishing laws; and 
Whereas, this legislation must take effect before the expiration of the 90-day period 
in order to take effect before the end of the elver fishing season; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore,' 
Amend the bill in section 5 in subsection 11 in the last 2 lines (page 2, lines 2 and 3 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "shipping or transporting elvers" and inserting the 
following: 'shipping or transporting the elvers being transported' 
Amend the bill in section 6 in §6865 in subsection 4 in the 2nd and 3rd lines (page 2, 
lines 13 and 14 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "elver dealer transaction card to 
record all sales and purchase transactions involving another person licensed in 
accordance with section 6864" and inserting the following: 'electronic recording device 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,/+" to H.P. 710, L.D. 1027 
that records the information on an elver dealer transaction card issued by the department 
under section 6864, subsection 7-B to record all sales and purchase transactions' 
Amend the bill by adding before the summary the following: 
'Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited III the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment eliminates the requirement that the Department of Marine Resources 
issue an elver dealer transaction card to the holder of an elver exporter's license and 
instead provides that the department must issue an electronic recording device that 
records the information on an elver dealer transaction card. It also adds an emergency 
preamble and clause to the bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 04121115 
Mac 
LD 1027 
LR 508(02) 
An Act To Create an Elver Exporter's License 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ;tt' (-H -/00) 
Committee: Marine Resources 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Minor revenue increase - General Fund 
FY 2014-15 
FY 2015-16 
FY 2016-17 
$30,000 
$30,000 
$30,000 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements 
Establishes new Class D crimes. 
Projections 
FY 2017-18 
$30,000 
The collection of additional fines may also increase General Fund revenue by minor amounts. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Projections 
FY 2018-19 
$30,000 
The bill establishes an elver exporter's license costing $5,000 each and allows someone to buy elvers from certain 
license holders and transport them beyond the state limits. This will increase Other Special Revenue Funds revenue to 
the Eel and Elver Management Fund within the Department of Marine Resources by an estimated $30,000 in fiscal 
year 2014-15 and in every subsequent fiscal year. 
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