| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §685-C, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, §1, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§13, as amended by PL 1997, c. 739, §2, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 13. Operating a motorboat while under age. A person is | guilty of operating a motorboat other than a personal watercraft | while under age if that person: |
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| A. Is under 12 years of age; |
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| B. Operates any motorboat propelled by machinery of more | than 10 horsepower; and |
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| C. Is not under the immediate supervision of a person | located in the motorboat who is at least 16 years of age. |
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| This subsection does not apply to operating a personal | watercraft. |
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| | Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§13-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, §3, | is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§20, ¶¶J and K, as amended by PL 1997, 739, | §4, are further amended to read: |
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| J. Operates a motorboat powered by an internal combustion | engine on Nokomis Pond, situated in the Towns of Newport and | Palmyra, Penobscot County; or |
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| K. Operates a motorboat in Merrymeeting Bay at a speed in | excess of 10 miles per hour, except within the confines of | the buoyed channels;. |
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| | Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§20, ¶¶L, M and N, as enacted by PL 1997, c. | 739, §5, are repealed. |
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| | Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§§33 and 34, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, | §6, are repealed. |
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| | Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §7825-B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, §7, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §7827, sub-§26, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, §8, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §7901, sub-§17, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, §9, is | repealed. |
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