12 §6706. Limited entry (WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7/1/12) (WHOLE SECTION TEXT REPEALED 7/1/12 by T. 12, §6706, sub-§4) - Maine Statutes

Title 12: CONSERVATION

Part 9: MARINE RESOURCES

Subpart 2: LICENSING

Chapter 623: SHELLFISH, SCALLOPS, WORMS AND MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES

Subchapter 2: SCALLOPS

Article 1: LICENSES

§6706. Limited entry

(CONTAINS TEXT WITH VARYING EFFECTIVE DATES)

(WHOLE SECTION TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7/1/12)

(WHOLE SECTION TEXT REPEALED 7/1/12 by T. 12, §6706, sub-§4)

1. License eligibility in 2009. The commissioner may not issue a 2009 hand fishing scallop license or a 2009 scallop dragging license to a person unless that person possessed a scallop license issued pursuant to section 6701 or a scallop boat license issued pursuant to section 6702 in either:

A. The 2005, 2006, 2007 or 2008 license year; or [2007, c. 607, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

B. The 2008 license year prior to May 1, 2008. [2007, c. 607, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).]

[ 2007, c. 607, Pt. A, §4 (NEW) .]

2. License eligibility in subsequent years. Except as provided in subsection 3, the commissioner may not issue a hand fishing scallop license or a scallop dragging license to any person in any year subsequent to 2009 unless that person possessed that license in the previous calendar year.

[ 2007, c. 607, Pt. A, §4 (NEW) .]

3. Scallop license limited entry system. Notwithstanding subsection 2, the commissioner shall establish by rule a limited entry system under which a person who did not hold a hand fishing scallop license or a scallop dragging license in the previous calendar year may become eligible to obtain that license. The rules for a limited entry system must include provisions for the method and administration of the program. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

[ 2007, c. 607, Pt. A, §4 (NEW) .]

4. Repeal. This section is repealed July 1, 2012.

[ 2007, c. 607, Pt. A, §4 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2007, c. 607, Pt. A, §4 (NEW).