Whereas, the restrictions on surface water uses on great ponds contained in this legislation must take effect prior to the start of this year's boating season; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,

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

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§20, ¶¶M and N, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, §5, are amended to read:

M. Operates a motorboat equipped with a motor greater than 10 horsepower on Upper Hadlock Pond or Lower Hadlock Pond on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County; or

N. Operates a personal watercraft in violation of section 685-C, subsection 10 or any rule adopted by the commission to implement that subsection.;

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§20, ¶¶O, P, Q and R are enacted to read:

O.__Operates a watercraft at greater than headway speed on any area of Torsey Lake within 1/2 mile from the boat launch on Desert Pond Road in the Town of Mount Vernon;

P.__Operates a watercraft at greater than headway speed on any area of Torsey Lake within 1/2 mile from the boat launch on Old Kents Hill Road in the Town of Readfield;

Q.__Operates a watercraft equipped with a motor greater than 10 horsepower on Cold Rain Pond in the Town of Naples or on Holt Pond in the Town of Naples and the Town of Bridgton; or

R.__Operates a watercraft equipped with a motor greater than 5 horsepower on Moose Pond in the Town of Otisfield.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§35, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 400, §1, is amended to read: