Sec. 11. 22 MRSA §2648, first ¶, as amended by PL 1997, c. 739, §11, is further amended to read:

Any water utility or municipality is authorized, after consultation with the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the department and the Department of Conservation and after conducting a public hearing in the affected town, to designate by buoys in water or markers on the ice in an area on a lake or pond from which water is taken, with a radius commencing at its point of intake. The radius may not exceed 400 200 feet and within that area a person may not anchor or moor a boat or carry on ice fishing or carry on any other activity designated by the water utility or municipality when such restriction is necessary to comply with primary or secondary drinking water regulations applicable to public water systems. Any such buoys placed in the water must be plainly marked as required by the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands under Title 38, section 323. Any person violating this section must, on conviction, be penalized in accordance with Title 30-A, section 4452.

Sec. 12. 30 MRSA §6207, sub-§3-A, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, §12 and affected by §§13 and 14, is repealed.

Sec. 13. PL 1997, c. 739, §§13 to 18 are repealed.

SUMMARY

This bill repeals the laws relating to personal watercraft that were passed by the 118th Legislature in the Second Special Session.