Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

The first paragraph of section 38 of chapter 130 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence, as appearing in section 2 of chapter 861 of the acts of 1970, and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- A noncommercial lobster and crab permit shall authorize the holder and the members of holder's immediate family residing in the same residence as the holder to fish for, take or land by the use of pots only lobsters and edible crabs for consumption, and not for sale, by himself and the members of his immediate family residing in the same residence as the holder; provided, however, that the holder and such other persons shall not use more than ten traps for such fishing at any one time; and provided, further, that only one license shall be issued to one family in a single household in any calendar year; and provided, further, that for the purpose of this section the term "immediate family" shall mean the spouse, children, parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters of the holder.