An Act To Create an Aquaculture License
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 1520
Committee Amendment CA_A_H288 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §6073-B, 12 MRSA §6073-C, 12 MRSA §6301

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "~" to H.P. 1044, L.D. 1520, Bill, "An Act To 
Create an Aquaculture License" 
Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 1 and 2 and inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6073-B, as enacted by PL 2007, c. 522, §2, is amended to 
read: 
§6073-B. Harvester license exemption; aquaculture 
The holder of a lease issued under section 6072, 6072-A or 6072-B or a license 
issued under section 6072-C is exempt from any requirement under sections 6421, 6501, 
6601, 6745, 6746, 6748, 6748-A, 6748-D, 6751, 6801-A and 6803 to hold a separate 
license for the removal, possession; or transport eF-Sale of the cultured organisms, except 
for molluscan bivalve shellfish, from the leased area or the licensed gear, except that, 
beginning May 1, 2018, a person may not sell organisms cultured on the lease site or 
under the limited-purpose aquaculture license without a license issued under section 
6810-B. 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6073-C, as reallocated by RR 2007, c. 2, §4, is amended to 
read: 
§6073-C. Harvester license exemption; scallop aquaculture 
The holder of a lease issued under section 6072, 6072-A or 6072-B or a license 
issued under section 6072-C is exempt from any requirement under sections 6701, 6702 
and 6703 to hold a separate license for the removal, possession; or transport er-sale of 
scallops from the leased area or the licensed gear when the final product form is the 
adductor muscle only, except that, beginning May 1, 2018, a person may not sell 
organisms cultured on the lease site or under the limited-purpose aquaculture license 
without a license issued under section 6810-B. This exemption does not apply to scallops 
in any other form.' 
Amend the bill by inserting after section 2 the following: 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A· to H.P. 1044, L.D. 1520 
'Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6301, sub-§2, ,rv, as amended by PL 2013, c. 492, §2, is 
further amended to read: 
V. A lobster processor license issued under section 6851-B expires on March 31st of 
each year; aR4 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6301, sub-§2, ~, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 492, §3, is 
amended to read: 
W. A commercial green crab only license issued under section 6808 expires on April 
30th of each year,; and 
Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §6301, sub-§2, ,Xis enacted to read: 
X. An aquaculture license issued under section 6810-B expires on April 30th of each 
year.' 
Amend the bill in section 6 in §6810-B in subsection 2 in the first line (page 1, line 
in L.D.) by striking out the following: "A person" and inserting the following: 
'Beginning May 1, 2018, a person' 
Amend the bill in section 6 in §6810-B by inserting after subsection 4 the following: 
'5. 
Exemption; limited-purpose aquaculture license for personal use. 
Notwithstanding subsections 2, 3 and 4, the holder of a limited-purpose aquaculture 
license issued under section 6072-C may remove, possess or transport within the state 
limits organisms cultured under that license, subject to all other applicable requirements 
of this Part.' 
Amend the bill in section 6 in §6810-B by renumbering the subsections to read 
consecutively. 
Amend the bill by adding after section 6 the following: 
'Sec. 7. Effective date. Those sections of this Act that amend the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 12, sections 6073-B and 6073-C and repeal Title 12, section 6601, 
subsection 2-A, Title 12, section 6745, subsection 2-A and Title 12, section 6746, 
subsection 2-A take effect May 1, 2018.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment provides that the aquaculture license established in the bill expires 
on April 30th of each year. The amendment provides an exemption to the requirement to 
hold an aquaculture license for a holder of a limited-purpose aquaculture license who 
does not sell the organisms cultured under that license. The amendment establishes that 
an aquaculture license is not required in order to undertake aquaculture activities until 
May 1, 2018, until which date other licenses are required for those activities. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 05/20/17 Mac 
LD 1520 
LR 742(02) 
An Act To Create an Aquaculture License 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment "/J {H ,...;lgg) 
Committee: Marine Resources 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Revenue 
General Fund 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Correctional and Judicial Impact Statements 
Establishes new civil violations. 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2017-18 
$5,825 
($5,825) 
$5,825 
FY2018-19 
$5,825 
($5,825) 
$5,825 
Projections 
FY2019-20 
$5,825 
($5,825) 
$5,825 
The collection of additional fines may also increase General Fund revenue by minor amounts. 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Projections 
FY 2020-21 
$5,825 
($5,825) 
$5,825 
This bill will create an aquaculture license to be issued by the Department of Marine Resources (DMR). Under 
current statute the holder of an aquaculture lease must purchase a commercial shellfish license with a fee of $133, 
with $74.75 credited to the Shellfish Management Fund (SMF) and $58.25 credited to General Fund revenue. This bill 
creates an aquaculture license with the same fee of $133, with all revenue going to the previously established 
Aquaculture Management Fund (AMF). DMR estimates that approximately 100 commercial shellfish license holders 
will purchase the new aquaculture license instead of a commercial shellfish license. These changes are estimated to 
reduce General Fund revenue by $5,825, reduce SMF revenue by $7,475 and increase AMF revenue by $13,300 
annually beginning in fiscal year 2017-18. 
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