An Act To Continue the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1791
Committee: Marine Resources
Amends: 12 MRSA §6455

Legislative Document
No. 1791
H.P. 1236
House of Representatives, January 18, 2018
An Act To Continue the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative
Reported by Representative KUMIEGA of Deer Isle for the Joint Standing Committee on 
Marine Resources pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 6455, subsection 8.
Reference to the Committee on Marine Resources suggested and ordered printed pursuant 
to Joint Rule 218.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §6455, sub-§5-A, ¶D, as amended by PL 2013, c. 492, §5, is 
further amended to read:
D.  For the years 2016 to 2018 2020 the surcharges are, for:
(1)  Class I lobster and crab fishing licenses for persons 18 to 69 years of age, 
$165.25;
(2)  Class II lobster and crab fishing licenses, $330.50, except that for license 
holders 70 years of age or older the surcharge is $165;
(3)  Class III lobster and crab fishing licenses, $480.75, except that for license 
holders 70 years of age or older the surcharge is $240;
(4)  Nonresident lobster and crab landing permits, $480.75;
(5)  Wholesale seafood licenses with lobster permits if the license holders hold no 
supplemental wholesale seafood licenses with lobster permits, or lobster 
transportation licenses if the license holders hold no supplemental lobster 
transportation licenses, $1,200;
(6)  
Supplemental wholesale seafood licenses with lobster permits or 
supplemental lobster transportation licenses as follows:
(a)  One thousand eight hundred dollars for up to 2 supplemental wholesale 
seafood licenses with lobster permits or supplemental lobster transportation 
licenses;
(b)  Two thousand four hundred dollars for 3 to 5 supplemental wholesale 
seafood licenses with lobster permits or supplemental lobster transportation 
licenses; and
(c)  Three thousand dollars for 6 or more supplemental wholesale seafood 
licenses with lobster permits or supplemental lobster transportation licenses; 
and
(7)  Lobster processor licenses, $1,000 if less than 1,000,000 pounds of raw 
product is processed, and $4,000 if 1,000,000 pounds or more of raw product is 
processed.
Sec. 2.  12 MRSA §6455, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 309, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 3.  12 MRSA §6455, last ¶, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 309, §2, is repealed.
SUMMARY
This bill is reported out by the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 6455, subsection 8.  The bill 
removes the October 1, 2018 repeal of the section of law that establishes the Maine 
Lobster Marketing Collaborative and that sets the surcharges on various types of licenses 
to fund the collaborative.  The bill continues through 2020 the surcharges that have been 
in place since 2016.
The committee has not taken a position on the substance of this bill.  By reporting 
this bill out, the committee is not suggesting and does not intend to suggest that it agrees 
or disagrees with any aspect of this bill.  The committee is reporting the bill out for the 
sole purpose of having a bill printed that can be referred to the committee for an 
appropriate public hearing and subsequent processing in the normal course.  The 
committee is taking this action to ensure clarity and transparency in the legislative review 
of the proposals contained in the bill.