Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §6001, sub-§2-A is enacted to read:

2-A.__Boat owner.__"Boat owner" means:

A.__An individual who is the owner of a vessel registered under chapter 715, subchapter I or the owner of a vessel documented under 46 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 67;

B.__An individual who owns the highest percentage of individual ownership in a commercial entity that is the owner of a vessel registered under chapter 715, subchapter I or a vessel documented under 46 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 67; or

C.__When 2 or more individuals own in equal proportion the highest percentages of individual ownership in a commercial entity that owns a vessel registered under chapter 715, subchapter I or a vessel documented under 46 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 67, one of the highest percentage individual owners as designated by the owners of that commercial entity.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §6001, sub-§14-A is enacted to read:

14-A.__Family member.__"Family member" means a husband, wife, brother, sister, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, parent by blood, parent by adoption, mother-in-law, father-in-law, child by blood, child by adoption, stepchild, stepparent, grandchild or grandparent.

Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §6001, sub-§33, as enacted by PL 1977, c. 661, §5, is amended to read:

33. Person. "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, commercial entity or agency or political subdivision of government.

Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §6001, sub-§36-A is enacted to read:

36-A.__Replacement vessel.__"Replacement vessel" means a vessel that is substituted for a vessel that is no longer utilized by a person.

Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §6301, sub-§2, ¶B, as amended by PL 1993, c. 497, §1, is further amended to read: