12 §6864. Elver dealer's license - Maine Statutes

Title 12: CONSERVATION

Part 9: MARINE RESOURCES

Subpart 2: LICENSING

Chapter 625: WHOLESALE AND RETAIL LICENSES

§6864. Elver dealer's license

1. License required. A person may not buy, possess, ship, transport or sell elvers without an elver dealer's license.

[ 2001, c. 421, Pt. B, §62 (AMD); 2001, c. 421, Pt. C, §1 (AFF) .]

2. License limited. An elver dealer's license authorizes the licensed activities at only one establishment or with only one vehicle.

[ 1995, c. 536, Pt. A, §10 (NEW); 1995, c. 536, Pt. A, §13 (AFF) .]

3. Supplemental license. A supplemental license must be obtained for each additional establishment or vehicle.

[ 1995, c. 536, Pt. A, §10 (NEW); 1995, c. 536, Pt. A, §13 (AFF) .]

4. Fee. The fee for an elver dealer's license is $1,213 and the fee for each supplemental license is $63.

[ 2009, c. 213, Pt. G, §44 (AMD) .]

5. Disposition of fees. All fees collected under this section accrue to the Eel and Elver Management Fund established in section 6505-D, except that $376 accrues to the General Fund for each elver dealer's license sold under this section and $52 accrues to the General Fund for each supplemental license sold under this section.

[ 2009, c. 213, Pt. G, §45 (AMD) .]

6. Reporting.

[ 2003, c. 170, §5 (RP) .]

7. Violation. A person who violates this section commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.

[ 2001, c. 421, Pt. B, §63 (NEW); 2001, c. 421, Pt. C, §1 (AFF) .]

8. Reporting. A dealer licensed under this section shall report the total annual harvest of elvers received by that dealer to the department within 30 days after the end of the elver fishing season. The commissioner shall prescribe how that data and any other information necessary for a meaningful analysis of the elver harvest are reported to the department.

[ 2005, c. 533, §4 (NEW) .]

A holder of an elver dealer license when buying directly from a harvester may buy only from a harvester who possesses an elver fishing license under section 6505-A. The harvester shall make the elver fishing license available for inspection upon the elver dealer license holder’s request. [2009, c. 478, §5 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

1995, c. 536, §A10 (NEW). 1995, c. 536, §A13 (AFF). 1999, c. 7, §15 (AMD). 2001, c. 421, §§B62,63 (AMD). 2001, c. 421, §C1 (AFF). 2003, c. 20, §WW27 (AMD). 2003, c. 170, §5 (AMD). 2005, c. 533, §4 (AMD). 2009, c. 213, Pt. G, §§44, 45 (AMD). 2009, c. 478, §5 (AMD).