An Act To Simplify Apprenticeship Requirements for Student and Apprentice Lobster and Crab Fishing License Holders
Maine Legislature, Session 129, LD 0314
Committee Amendment CA_A_H14 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §6422

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "A" to H.P. 238, L.D. 314, Bill, "An Act To 
Simplify Apprenticeship Requirements for Student and Apprentice Lobster and Crab 
Fishing License Holders" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Simplify Apprenticeship Requirements for Student Lobster and Crab 
Fishing License Holders' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6422, sub-§1-A is enacted to read: 
1-A. Validation of experience. The commissioner shall allow a person who has not 
attained 18 years of age and who has a student lobster and crab fishing license to 
demonstrate program completion through documentation that the license holder has 
confirmable, dealer-rep01ied landings of at least 4,000 pounds oflobster over a period of 
days at sea to be completed over 2 separate seasons. Nothing in this subsection 
prohibits the commissioner from establishing additional methods by which a person with 
a student lobster and crab fishing license may demonstrate program completion. 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6422, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 468, §4, is amended 
to read: 
2. 
Length of program. 
+he· Except as provided in subsection 1-A, the 
commissioner shall determine the length of time an apprentice is enrolled in the program, 
which must be a minimum of 2 years. 
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
MARINE RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF 
Bureau of Marine Science 0027 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 238,L.D. 314 
Initiative: Provides an ongoing appropriation for one Marine Resources Scientist I 
, 
position and All Other funding for a laptop, a cellular telephone, software and remote 
· 3 · 
access costs. 
GENERAL FUND 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2019-20 
2020-21 
1.000 
1.000 
$36,428 
$49,066 
$2,291 
$3,054 
$38,719 
$52,120 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or 
section number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment removes the requirement that the Commissioner of Marine 
Resomces allow a person with an apprentice lobster and crab fishing license to 
demonstrnte apprentice program completion through lobster landings. It clarifies that the 
allowance for a student lobster and crab fishing license holder applies only to a license 
holder who is less than 18 years of age and that landings must be confirmable, dealer-
reported landings. Lastly, it specifies that 4,000 pounds of lobster must be caught over 
the comse of 100 days at sea to be completed over 2 separate seasons, and not over 2 
years, as in the bill. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 03/07 /19 feac 
LD 314 
LR 854(02) 
An Act To Simplify Apprenticeship Requirements for Student and Apprentice Lobster and Crab 
Fishing License Holders 
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Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ·~· (ff~ / 'I 
Committee: Marine Resources 
Net Cost (Savings) 
General Fund 
Appropriations/ Allocations 
General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2019-20 
FY 2020-21 
$38,719 
$52,120 
$38,719 
$52,120 
Projections 
FY 2021-22 
$53,592 
$53,592 
Projections 
FY 2022-23 
$55,108 
$55,108 
The bill requires the Department of Marine Resources to allow a person with a student lobster and crab fishing 
license who is less than 18 years of age to demonstrate apprentice program completion through verified landings of at 
least 4,000 pounds oflobster caught over the course of 100 clays at sea to be completed over 2 separate seasons. This 
,vill require access to the currently confidential landings infom1ation for approximately 1095 licensees. The bill 
includes General Fund appropriations to the Department of Marine Resources, Bureau of Marine Science, of $38, 719 
in fiscal year 2019-20 and $52,120 in fiscal year 2020-21 for one Marine Resources Scientist I position and 
associated All Other costs. 
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