| | | (b)__The Kennebec River, between Harris Station | | and Turtle Island, at the foot of Black Brook | | Rapids. |
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| | | B.__Notwithstanding paragraph A: |
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| | | (1)__Canoes, owned by a boys or girls summer camp located | | upon internal waters in the State and duly licensed by | | the Department of Human Services and utilized by | | campers under the direction and supervision of a camp | | counselor at least 18 years of age or older during | | training and instruction periods on waters adjacent to | | the main camp within a distance of 500 feet from the | | shoreline of that camp, are exempt from this | | subsection; and |
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| | | (2)__Log rafts, carrying not more than 2 persons and used | | on ponds or lakes or internal waters of less than 50 | | acres in area, are exempt from carrying personal | | flotation devices. |
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| | | A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation | | for which a forfeiture of not less than $100 nor more than $500 | | may be adjudged. |
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| | | 5.__Operating watercraft to endanger.__A person may not | | operate any watercraft, water ski, surfboard or similar device so | | as to endanger any person or property. |
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| | | 6.__Reckless operation of watercraft.__A person may not | | operate any watercraft, water ski, surfboard or similar device in | | such a way as to recklessly create a substantial risk of serious | | bodily injury to another person.__A person who violates this | | subsection commits a Class D crime. |
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| | | 7.__Operating watercraft at greater than reasonable and | | prudent speed.__A person may not: |
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| | | A.__Operate a watercraft except at a reasonable and prudent | | speed for existing conditions; or |
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| | | B.__Fail to regulate the speed of a watercraft so as to | | avoid danger, injury or unnecessary inconvenience in any | | manner to other watercraft and their occupants, whether | | anchored or under way; waterfront piers; floats or other | | property or shorelines, either directly or by the effect of | | the wash or wave created by the watercraft through its | | speed, or otherwise. |
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