1. License surcharges. The following surcharges are assessed on licenses issued by the department:
A. For a hand fishing scallop license, $100;
B. For a scallop draggers license, $100, plus an additional $250 to sponsor an apprentice pursuant to section 6702, subsection 7;
C. For a sea urchin and scallop diving tender license, $50;
D. For a noncommercial scallop license, $40, except as provided in section 6703, subsection 4-A; and
E. For a hand fishing scallop license with tender, $100.
2. Deposit. The commissioner shall deposit surcharges assessed in this section in the Scallop Research Fund under section 6729-A, except that fees collected under subsection 1, paragraph C must be divided equally between the Scallop Research Fund and the Sea Urchin Research Fund established in section 6749-R. Revisor's Note: §6729. Shell size minimum (As enacted by PL 2003, c. 63, §2 is REALLOCATED TO TITLE 12, SECTION 6728-A AND THEN TO TITLE 12, SECTION 6721-A)