2011 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
Chapter 625: WHOLESALE AND RETAIL LICENSES
12 §6852-A. Enhanced retail seafood license

Part 9: MARINE RESOURCES

Subpart 2: LICENSING

§6852-A. Enhanced retail seafood license

1. Licensed required. A person may not engage in the activities authorized under this section without a current enhanced retail seafood license or other license issued under this Part authorizing the activities.

[ 2009, c. 217, §6 (NEW) .]

2. Licensed activity. The holder of an enhanced retail seafood license may, in the retail trade within the state limits, buy, sell, transport, ship or serve:

A. Shellstock bought from a commercial shellfish license holder licensed under section 6601, a surf clam boat license holder licensed under section 6602, a mahogany quahog license holder licensed under section 6731, a hand-raking mussel license holder licensed under section 6745 and a mussel boat license holder licensed under section 6746; [2009, c. 217, §6 (NEW).]

B. Shellstock and shucked shellfish if they are bought from a wholesale seafood license holder certified under section 6856; [2009, c. 217, §6 (NEW).]

C. Lobster parts or meat if they are permitted under section 6857 or have been lawfully imported; [2009, c. 217, §6 (NEW).]

D. Crayfish; and [2009, c. 217, §6 (NEW).]

E. Lobsters. [2009, c. 217, §6 (NEW).]

[ 2009, c. 217, §6 (NEW) .]

3. License limited. An enhanced retail seafood license authorizes the activities under subsection 2 at only one establishment or with only one vehicle.

[ 2009, c. 217, §6 (NEW) .]

4. Fee. The annual fee for an enhanced retail seafood license is $150. Forty-four dollars of the license fee is dedicated to the Shellfish Fund under section 6651.

[ 2009, c. 217, §6 (NEW) .]

5. Violation. A person who violates this section commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500 may be adjudged.

[ 2009, c. 217, §6 (NEW) .]

6. Rules. Rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 6852, subsection 6 are applicable to this section.

[ 2009, c. 217, §6 (NEW) .]

7. Inspection. For the purposes of inspection or collection of samples, the commissioner or the commissioner's agent may access an establishment or part thereof or vehicle in which activities authorized under this section are conducted by a person holding an enhanced retail seafood license. Denial of access is grounds for suspension or revocation of an enhanced retail seafood license under the provisions of section 6372.

[ 2011, c. 311, §5 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

2009, c. 217, §6 (NEW). 2011, c. 311, §5 (AMD).