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alternative must be paid to the municipality in which the | watercraft is subject to the excise tax. |
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| | 2. Failure to maintain list or make list available. A marina | or boat yard boatyard owner shall maintain the list required by | Title 36, section 1504, subsection 9, and make that list | available as required by that section. |
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| A. A person who fails to maintain a list or make a list | available in accordance with violates this subsection | commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture fine of not | less than $25 nor more than $250 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. 380. 12 MRSA §13067, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. | A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is repealed and the following | enacted in its place: |
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| | 2. Penalty. The following penalties apply to violations of | this section. |
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| A.__A person who violates subsection 1 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 subsection 1 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. 381. 12 MRSA §13068, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 | and affected by Pt. D, §7, is repealed. |
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| | Sec. 382. 12 MRSA §13068-A is enacted to read: |
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| §13068-A.__Operating watercraft; prohibitions |
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| | 1.__Launching contaminated watercraft.__A person may not place | a watercraft that is contaminated with an invasive aquatic plant | upon the inland waters of the State. |
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| A.__A person who violates this subsection commits a civil | violation for which a fine of not less than $500 and not | more than $5,000 per violation may be adjudged.__A fine | imposed | under this subsection may not be suspended by the court. |
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