Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§33, as amended by PL 1999, c. 436, §1, is further amended to read:

33. Operating airmobile or motorboat that exceeds noise limits. A person is guilty of operating a watercraft that exceeds the noise limit if that person operates may not operate an airmobile or motorboat in such a manner as to exceed:

A. A noise level of 90 decibels when subjected to a stationary sound level test with and without cutouts engaged and as prescribed by the commissioner; or

B. A noise level of 75 decibels when subjected to an operational test measured with and without cutouts engaged and as prescribed by the commissioner.

A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $300 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.

This subsection does not apply to motorboats that are operating in a regatta or race approved by the commissioner under section 7797.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7901-A, sub-§12, ¶A, as amended by PL 2001, c. 667, Pt. A, §30, is further amended by repealing subparagraph (30).

Sec. 3. 38 MRSA §423, first ¶, as amended by PL 1989, c. 502, Pt. B, §49, is further amended to read:

No person, firm, corporation or other legal entity may discharge, spill or permit to be discharged sewage, septic fluids, garbage or other pollutants from watercraft, as defined in Title 12, section 7791, subsection 14, and including houseboats, into inland waters of this State, or on the ice thereof, or on the banks thereof in such a manner that the same may fall or be washed into such waters, or in such manner that the drainage therefrom may flow into such waters.

SUMMARY

This bill requires airmobiles and motorboats to pass noise limit tests with cutouts engaged and disengaged and sets a minimum of a $300 fine for exceeding noise limits. The bill also