Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7792-B is enacted to read:

§7792-B.__Boating safety course

Pursuant to the commissioner's rule-making authority under section 7792, the commissioner shall approve and make available boating safety courses and shall require successful completion of such a course for any:

1.__Summer camps.__Volunteer or employee of a children's summer camp who will operate a motorboat carrying a child or children; and

2.__Recreation programs.__Volunteer or employee of any recreation program maintained or operated by the State or any of its political subdivisions who will operate a motorboat carrying a child or children.

Sec. 2. Boating safety rules. Pursuant to the rule-making authority established by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 7792 the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall adopt rules to:

1. Require all motorboats to be equipped with a horn or other appropriate device for making sounds to alert other persons operating watercraft;

2. Establish reduced speed zones for motorboats in areas adjacent to children's summer camps; and

3. Establish a training program for volunteer boating safety instructors.

Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. 3. Study group established. The Boating Safety Study Group, referred to in this section as "the study group" is established to study issues relating to boating safety on the State's inland waters.

1. Study group membership. The study group consists of 7 members appointed as follows:

A. The Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife or the commissioner's designee;