| | | 3. Insurance requirements. An outfitter shall carry | | liability insurance, in the minimum amounts established by the | | department by rule, covering the operation of whitewater trips | and motor vehicles carrying passengers. The department shall | establish, by rule, the minimum limits of liability insurance. | | Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical | | rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | A.__A person who violates this subsection commits a civil | | violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more | | than $500 may be adjudged. |
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| | | B.__A person who violates this subsection after having been | | adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations | | under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a | | Class E crime. |
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| | | Sec. 327. 12 MRSA §12907, sub-§§6 and 7, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, | | Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, are repealed and the | | following enacted in their place: |
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| | | 6.__Sale of business; license.__The following provisions | | govern the sale of an outfitter's business and treatment of the | | outfitter's license. |
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| | | A.__When a licensed outfitter's business is sold, the | | outfitter shall return the outfitter's commercial whitewater | | outfitter's license to the department. |
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| | | (1)__A person who violates this paragraph commits a | | civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 | | nor more than $500 may be adjudged. |
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| | | (2)__A person who violates this paragraph after having | | been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil | | violations under this Part within the previous 5-year | | period commits a Class E crime. |
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| | | B.__On application, the license must be reissued to the | | purchaser, as long as the purchaser meets the licensing | | requirements of the department and pays the license fee. |
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| | | C.__A person may not profit on the return and reissuance of | | the license itself, but nothing in this chapter may be | | construed to prohibit profit on the sale of any of the | | assets of a business. |
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| | | (1)__A person who violates this paragraph commits a | | civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 | | nor more than $500 may be adjudged. |
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