| 1.__Failure to display excise tax decal.__The owner of a |
| watercraft shall display the excise tax decal, as required by |
| Title 36, chapter 112. In all cases when the owner of a |
| watercraft fails to display an excise tax decal as required under |
| Title 36, chapter 112, the law enforcement officer discovering |
| the failure shall notify the tax collector of the owner's |
| residence or, in the case of nonresidents, partnerships or |
| corporations, foreign or domestic, the tax collector of the |
| municipality where the watercraft is principally moored, docked |
| or located or has its established base of operations. |