Maine legislation · 132nd Legislature
Maine LD1253: An Act to Authorize the Commissioner of Marine Resources to Add Limited-access Area Fishing Days During the Scallop Season
Status: Signed into law, May 30, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to Authorize the Commissioner of Marine Resources to Add Limitedaccess Area Fishing Days During the Scallop Season.
From the engrossed text:
An Act to Authorize the Commissioner of Marine Resources to Add Limitedaccess Area Fishing Days During the Scallop Season Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6171, sub-§3, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §35, is amended to read: 3. Emergency rules. The commissioner may adopt or amend rules under the emergency procedures provided in Title 5, chapter 375 in the following circumstances: A. Immediate action is necessary to protect or conserve any marine organism from unusual damage or imminent depletion; B. An unusually large concentration of persons who fish might deplete the supply of any marine organism; C. Immediate action is necessary to comply with changes to federal or interstate fisheries management plans; or D. Immediate action is necessary pursuant to section 6302‐B, subsection 4 to prohibit elver fishing.; or E. Immediate action is necessary to add up to a total of 5 limited-access area days during the scallop season under section 6722 if the commissioner determines that additional days are necessary to counteract the inability to fish for or take scallops on certain days due to inclement weather and that the scallop population is sufficient to allow additional fishing for or taking of scallops in those limited-access areas. Page 1 - 132LR0995(03)
Sponsors
- William Faulkingham (R, 12) · primary sponsor
- Steven Bishop (R, 17)
- Robert Foley (R, 145)
- Marianne Moore (R, 6)
- Wayne Parry (R, 140)
- Abden Simmons (R, 45)
- Tiffany Strout (R, 11)
- William Tuell (R, 10)
- James White (R, 30)
Latest actions
- : PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- : PASSED TO BE ENACTED. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.READ ONCE.Committee Amendment "A" (H-219) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence.Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-219), in concurrence.Ordered sent down forthwith.
- : CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAYUnder suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-219).Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- : The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES in concurrence
- : Committee on Marine Resources suggested and ordered printed. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on MARINE RESOURCES.Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
Subjects: SHELLFISH, LIMITED-ACCESS AREA DAYS, Legislature, Senate, Other, ELDERLY IN-HOME CARE
Common questions
- What is LD1253?
- LD1253 is a bill in the Maine Legislature (132nd Legislature): An Act to Authorize the Commissioner of Marine Resources to Add Limited-access Area Fishing Days During the Scallop Season.
- What does LD1253 do?
- In its own words: An Act to Authorize the Commissioner of Marine Resources to Add Limitedaccess Area Fishing Days During the Scallop Season.
- What is the status of LD1253?
- Signed into law as of May 30, 2025. Latest action: PASSED TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence. (May 27, 2025).
- Who sponsored LD1253?
- William Faulkingham (R, 12), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for LD1253?
- On the Maine Legislature website: https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1253&snum=132
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