Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§35, ¶¶W and X, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 697, §3, are amended to read:

W. Long Pond in the Town of Mount Desert and the Town of Southwest Harbor; or

X. Little Long Pond in the Town of Mount Desert.;

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§35, ¶¶Y to CC are enacted to read:

Y.__Meetinghouse Pond, Big Pond, Wat Tuh Lake, Center Pond and Silver Lake, also known as Silver Pond, in the Town of Phippsburg in Sagadahoc County;

Z.__South Branch Lake in the Plantation of Seboeis and the Township of T2 R8 NWP in Penobscot County;

AA.__Spring Lake in Spring Lake Township in Somerset County;

BB.__Kennebago Lake and Kennebago River in Davis Township and Stetsontown Township in Franklin County; or

CC.__Nicatous Lake in the Townships of T40 MD, T41 MD and T3 ND in Hancock County.

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.

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 prohibits the use of personal watercraft on Meetinghouse Pond, Big Pond, Wat Tuh Lake, Center Pond and Silver Lake, also known as Silver Pond, in the Town of Phippsburg,