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Maine bill would bar repeat elver-buying facilities from relaunching under new dealer names for five years, sponsor says
Summary
Rep. Abden Simmons introduced legislation (LD 1094) to prevent facilities with repeated elver-dealer violations from being used by another licensed dealer for five years; Department of Marine Resources sought legal review and warned about unintended consequences for property owners and licensing structure.
Representative Abden Simmons told the Joint Standing Committee on Marine Resources he introduced LD 1094 to close what he described as an accountability gap in Maine’s elver (glass eel) trade: when a dealer is sanctioned for illegally purchasing elvers, that same physical buying station can be used in a subsequent season by a differently named dealer or a newly formed limited liability company, he said.
“An elver dealer gets caught illegally purchasing elvers at a facility and loses their license. However, a new person can acquire a license and use the same facility,” Rep. Simmons said. The bill, as introduced, would bar issuance of a dealer’s license to any person using the same business address as a person whose license condition was violated, for five years following the…
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