An Act to Make Technical Changes to the State's Marine Resources Laws
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 2031
Committee: Marine Resources
Sponsors: RENY
Amends: 12 MRSA §6078-A, 12 MRSA §6305, 12 MRSA §6803

Legislative Document
No. 2031
S.P. 859
In Senate, December 13, 2023
An Act to Make Technical Changes to the State's Marine Resources 
Laws
Submitted by the Department of Marine Resources pursuant to Joint Rule 203.
Received by the Secretary of the Senate on December 11, 2023.  Referred to the Committee 
on Marine Resources pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator RENY of Lincoln.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §6078-A, as amended by PL 2013, c. 301, §6, is repealed.
Sec. 2.  12 MRSA §6305, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2013, c. 468, §9, is further 
amended to read:
1.  Exhibit on demand.  When any person is engaged in an activity that is licensed 
under marine resources' laws, that person shall have that license in that person's actual 
possession and shall, on.  At the request of a marine patrol officer or other authorized 
person, the person shall exhibit that person's license.
Sec. 3.  12 MRSA §6305, sub-§1-A, as amended by PL 2013, c. 468, §9, is further 
amended to read:
1-A.  Photo identification.  When a person is engaged in an activity for which a license 
is required under section 6302‑A, subsection 3, paragraph E, E‑1, F or G or section 6505‑A, 
that person shall have a government-issued identification card with that person's 
photograph and date of birth in that person's actual possession and shall, on.  At the request 
of a marine patrol officer or other authorized person, the person shall present the 
government-issued identification card with that person's photograph and date of birth.
Sec. 4.  12 MRSA §6305, sub-§1-B, as enacted by PL 2013, c. 468, §9, is amended 
to read:
1-B.  Elver transaction card.  When a person is engaged in an activity for which a 
license is required under section 6302‑A, subsection 3, paragraph E, E‑1, F or G or section 
6505‑A, that person shall have the elver transaction card issued by the department under 
section 6505‑A to that person in that person's actual possession and shall, on.  At the request 
of a marine patrol officer or other authorized person, the person shall present the elver 
transaction card.
Sec. 5.  12 MRSA §6803, sub-§2, ¶E, as amended by PL 2001, c. 421, Pt. B, §50 
and affected by Pt. C, §1, is further amended to read:
E.  Anyone harvesting, possessing, shipping, or transporting or selling seaweed that 
has detached naturally and is dead.
SUMMARY
This bill makes technical changes to the State's marine resources laws.  It eliminates 
the Aquaculture Monitoring, Research and Development Fund, which is no longer 
capitalized.  It clarifies language regarding the requirement for a license holder to have the 
license holder's license, elver transaction card and photo identification in the license 
holder's possession when engaging in licensed activities.  It also removes an existing 
exception to holding a seaweed permit when selling seaweed that has detached naturally 
and is dead.