LD 2671, Page 4 - 119th Legislature, SECOND REGULAR Session

	The additional workload and administrative costs associated
with the minimal number of new cases filed in the court system
can be absorbed within the budgeted resources of the Judicial
Department. The collection of additional fines may increase
General Fund revenue by minor amounts.

SUMMARY

This bill is reported out by a majority of the members of the
Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
pursuant to House Paper 1840.

This bill prohibits the operation of personal watercraft on
Megunticook Lake in the Town of Camden, the Town of Hope and the
Town of Lincolnville; on Hobbs Pond, Fish Pond and Alford Lake in
the Town of Hope; on Norton Pond and Coleman Pond in the Town of
Lincolnville; on Pitcher Pond in the Town of Lincolnville and the
Town of Northport; on Torsey Lake in the Town of Mount Vernon and
the Town of Readfield; on Trickey Pond in the Town of Naples;
between sunset and 9:00 a.m. on Brandy Pond in the Town of
Naples; on Fulton Lake in the Town of Northfield; on Knight Pond
in the Town of Northport; on Moose Pond and Saturday Pond in the
Town of Otisfield; on Tripp Pond, Upper Range Pond and Middle
Range Pond in the Town of Poland; on Keewaydin Lake, Virginia
Lake, Trout Pond, Weymouth Pond and Whitney Pond in the Town of
Stoneham; on Lermond Pond in the Town of Union and the Town of
Hope; on Pocasset Lake and Pickerel Pond in the Town of Wayne; on
Androscoggin Lake in the Town of Wayne and the Town of Leeds; and
on Little Cobbosseecontee Lake in the Town of Winthrop.

The bill also prohibits the operation of watercraft at greater
than headway speed within 1/2 mile of the boat launches located
on the north and south ends of Torsey Lake in the Town of Mount
Vernon and the Town of Readfield, prohibits the operation of a
watercraft equipped with a motor greater than 10 horsepower on
Cold Rain Pond in the Town of Naples and on Holt Pond in the Town
of Naples and the Town of Bridgton and prohibits the operation of
a watercraft equipped with a motor greater than 5 horsepower on
Moose Pond in the Town of Otisfield.

The bill also prohibits the operation of a rented or leased
personal watercraft on Brandy Pond in the Town of Naples and on
Long Lake in the Town of Naples, the Town of Bridgton and the
Town of Harrison unless that personal watercraft has a decal
affixed to it that identifies the rental agent.

The bill is an emergency so that its provisions will take
effect before the start of this year's recreational boating
season.

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