2013 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
Chapter 617: LICENSE SUSPENSION
12 §6402. Suspension based on adjudication of molesting

Part 9: MARINE RESOURCES
Subpart 2: LICENSING
Subchapter 2: SUSPENSION PENALTIES

6402. Suspension based on adjudication of molesting

The commissioner shall suspend the lobster and crab fishing license of a license holder or the nonresident lobster and crab landing permit of a permit holder adjudicated in court of violating section 6434. This suspension is for 3 years from the date of adjudication. For a 3rd or subsequent adjudication, the commissioner may permanently revoke the license holder's license. [2009, c. 561, 13 (RPR).]

1. Adjudications for cutting lobster trap lines. A person adjudicated under section 6434 of molesting lobster gear by cutting a lobster trap line shall, upon making full payment as ordered by the court under section 6434, subsection 4, paragraph A, provide the commissioner with proof of that payment. If the commissioner does not receive that proof within 3 years after the date of adjudication, the commissioner shall continue that license suspension until such time as that proof is received.

[ 2009, c. 151, 5 (AMD) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1977, c. 661, 5 (NEW). 1993, c. 543, 1 (AMD). 2007, c. 201, 1 (AMD). 2009, c. 151, 5 (AMD). 2009, c. 394, 3 (AMD). 2009, c. 561, 13 (AMD).