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An Act to Eliminate the Cultchless American Oyster Growers License

An Act to Eliminate the Cultchless American Oyster Growers License

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Tiffany Strout
Last action
2025-06-10
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Eliminate the Cultchless American Oyster Growers License

An Act to Eliminate the Cultchless American Oyster Growers License Sponsor: Representative Tiffany Strout Reference committee: Marine Resources Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Eliminate the Cultchless American Oyster Growers License Sponsor: Representative Tiffany Strout Reference committee: Marine Resources Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0358(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0358(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 64 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3MARINE RESOURCES 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-10 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-03 House

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-06-03 Senate

    PASSED TO BE ENACTED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-29 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM

  5. 2025-03-06 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-03-06 Committee

    Voted; OTP-AM

  7. 2025-01-06 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Marine Resources.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Eliminate the Cultchless American Oyster Growers License
Sponsor:
Representative Tiffany Strout
Reference committee:
Marine Resources
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0358(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 28 - L.D. 64
An Act to Eliminate the Cultchless American Oyster Growers License
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6073, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 876, §1, is repealed
and the following enacted in its place:
2-A. Cultchless American oysters; possession and tolerance. A person may not
take, possess or sell American oysters when 20% or more of a bulk pile is composed of
cultchless American oysters, except that:
A. A person may take, possess or sell American oysters when 20% or more of a bulk
pile is composed of cultchless American oysters if those oysters were legally taken
under a municipal shellfish conservation ordinance authorized under section 6671 that
includes regulation of American oysters and for which a transplant permit has been
issued by the department;
B. A person who is licensed under section 6810-B may take, possess or sell cultchless
American oysters when 20% or more of a bulk pile is composed of cultchless American
oysters if those oysters are legally taken from an aquaculture lease or license site
authorized under section 6072, 6072-A, 6072-B or 6072-C; and
C. A person who is licensed under section 6851 or 6852 may possess, buy and sell
cultchless American oysters when 20% or more of a bulk pile is composed of cultchless
American oysters.
This subsection does not apply to a person who holds a current aquaculture lease or license
site authorized under section 6072, 6072-A, 6072-B or 6072-C, as long as the person is
engaged in activity authorized under those sections.
The tolerance described under this subsection is determined by numerical count of not less
than one peck nor more than 4 pecks taken at random from various parts of the bulk pile or
by a count of the entire pile if it contains less than one peck.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6863, as amended by PL 2013, c. 509, §10, is repealed.
APPROVED
JUNE 10, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
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PUBLIC LAW