12 §6749-Z. Changing zones - Maine Statutes

Title 12: CONSERVATION

Part 9: MARINE RESOURCES

Subpart 2: LICENSING

Chapter 623: SHELLFISH, SCALLOPS, WORMS AND MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES

Subchapter 2-C: SEA URCHINS HEADING: PL 1993, C. 416, §2 (NEW)

Article 3: EMERGENCY LIMITATIONS; SEA URCHIN FISHERY HEADING: PL 1993, C. 740, §3 (NEW)

§6749-Z. Changing zones

1. Authorization of changes. Beginning in calendar year 1997, a person eligible to purchase a license under section 6749-O who wishes to change the zone in which the person harvests sea urchins may not change zones unless the change is authorized by the commissioner in accordance with this section.

[ 1995, c. 595, §5 (NEW) .]

2. Zone change request on application. A person eligible to purchase a license under section 6749-O who wishes to change the zone in which that person was licensed to harvest sea urchins in the previous calendar year must indicate on a sea urchin harvesting license application a preference to change the zone in which the person harvests sea urchins. The commissioner shall stamp each sea urchin harvesting license application with the time and date of submission.

[ 1995, c. 595, §5 (NEW) .]

3. Conditions for authorization. The total number of authorized change requests for Zone 1 during a licensing year must equal the total authorized requests for Zone 2. The commissioner shall authorize zone change requests in chronological order of requests received under this section.

[ 1999, c. 244, §7 (AMD) .]

4. Limitation on approving zone changes. The commissioner may not authorize a zone change between August 1st and December 31st.

[ 1999, c. 26, §3 (NEW) .]

5. Effective date of zone change. The effective date of a zone change authorized by the commissioner is August 1st.

[ 1999, c. 26, §3 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1995, c. 595, §5 (NEW). 1997, c. 685, §13 (AMD). 1999, c. 26, §3 (AMD). 1999, c. 244, §7 (AMD).