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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §685-C, sub-§10, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, §1, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§13, as amended by PL 1997, c. 739, §2, is
further amended to read:

 
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:

 
A. Is under 12 years of age;

 
B. Operates any motorboat propelled by machinery of more
than 10 horsepower; and

 
C. Is not under the immediate supervision of a person
located in the motorboat who is at least 16 years of age.

 
This subsection does not apply to operating a personal
watercraft.

 
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§13-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, §3,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§20, ¶¶J and K, as amended by PL 1997, 739,
§4, are further amended to read:

 
J. Operates a motorboat powered by an internal combustion
engine on Nokomis Pond, situated in the Towns of Newport and
Palmyra, Penobscot County; or

 
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;.

 
Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§20, ¶¶L, M and N, as enacted by PL 1997, c.
739, §5, are repealed.

 
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§§33 and 34, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739,
§6, are repealed.

 
Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §7825-B, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, §7, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §7827, sub-§26, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, §8, is
repealed.

 
Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §7901, sub-§17, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, §9, is
repealed.


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