Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7794-B, first ¶, as amended by PL 2001, c. 626, §1 and affected by §22, is further amended to read:

Beginning on January 1, 2002, and by January 1st of each subsequent year, the commissioner shall provide each agent authorized to register watercraft or issue licenses with a sufficient quantity of lake and river protection stickers for that boating season. The sticker must be in 2 parts so that one part of the sticker can be affixed to each side of the bow of a motorboat or personal watercraft. The fee for a sticker is $20 for a motorboat or personal watercraft not registered in the State and $10 for a motorboat or personal watercraft registered in the State. Each agent shall retain $1 for each sticker sold by that agent for which a fee is required. A motorboat or a personal watercraft owned by the federal government, a state government or a municipality or used only in salt water is exempt from the fee established in this section.

SUMMARY

This bill exempts a motorboat or personal watercraft used only in salt water from the requirement for a lake and river protection sticker.