CHAPTER 627

S.P. 656 - L.D. 1723

An Act To Amend the Laws Regarding Invasive Aquatic Species

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13058, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, are amended to read:

1. Prohibition. A person may not place or operate a motorboat or personal watercraft on the inland waters of the State unless a lake and river protection sticker issued under subsection 3 is affixed to both sides of the bow above the water line and approximately 3 inches behind the validation sticker required under section 13056.

2. Violation. A person who places or operates a motorboat or personal watercraft upon the inland waters of the State without displaying a lake and river protection sticker as required by subsection 1 commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture fine of not less than $100 and not more than $250 per violation may be adjudged, except that a citation for a violation of this subsection may not be issued to a person who is also issued a citation at the same time for a violation of any other

provision of this chapter regulating watercraft, other than section 13073. A forfeiture fine imposed under this subsection may not be waived suspended by the court.

Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §13058, sub-§2-A is enacted to read: