Q.__Keewaydin Lake, Virginia Lake, Trout Pond, Weymouth Pond or Whitney Pond in the Town of Stoneham in Oxford County;

R.__Lermond Pond in the Town of Union and the Town of Hope in Knox County;

S.__Pocasset Lake or Pickerel Pond in the Town of Wayne in Kennebec County;

T.__Androscoggin Lake in the Town of Wayne in Kennebec County and the Town of Leeds in Androscoggin County; or

U. Little Cobbosseecontee Lake in the Town of Winthrop in Kennebec County.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§36 is enacted to read:

36.__Operating rented or leased personal watercraft without identification decal. A person is guilty of operating a rented or leased personal watercraft without an identification decal if that person operates a rented or leased personal watercraft on Brandy Pond in the Town of Naples or on Long Lake in the Town of Naples, the Town of Bridgton and the Town of Harrison that does not have a clearly visible decal affixed to the personal watercraft that identifies the rental agent.

Sec. 5. Preparation of identification decals. The Naples Conservation Commission shall, in cooperation with businesses that rent or lease personal watercraft for use on Brandy Pond in the Town of Naples or on Long Lake in the Town of Naples, the Town of Bridgton and the Town of Harrison, design and provide to those businesses the identification decals required by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 7801, subsection 36.

Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.

FISCAL NOTE

This bill may increase prosecutions for Class E crimes. If a jail sentence is imposed, the additional costs to the counties are estimated to be $83.36 per day per prisoner. The number of prosecutions that may result in a jail sentence and the resulting costs to the county jail system are expected to be insignificant.