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for a motorboat or personal watercraft not registered in the State | | and $10 for a motorboat or personal watercraft registered in the | | State. Each agent shall retain $1 for each sticker sold by that | | agent for which a fee is required. A motorboat or a personal | | watercraft owned by the Federal Government, a state government or a | | municipality is exempt from the fee established in this subsection. |
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| | | Sec. B-365. 12 MRSA §13059, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. | | A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Restrictions. The dealer or manufacturer who receives a | | dealer's certificate of number pursuant to this section shall | | display the number and validation stickers issued under the | | dealer's certificate of number on a motorboat being demonstrated | or tested andthat | | number from one motorboat owned by that dealer or manufacturer to | | another motorboat owned by that dealer or manufacturer by | | temporarily attaching removable plates on which a dealer's number | and validation stickers may be painted or attached to | | on the bow of any boat covered by the dealer's certificate of | | number. |
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| | | Sec. B-366. 12 MRSA §13059, sub-§5 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 5. Penalty.__The following penalties apply to violations of | | subsection 4. |
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| | | A.__A person who violates subsection 4 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 4 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. B-367. 12 MRSA §13060, sub-§§3 and 4, as enacted by PL 2003, c. | | 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, are amended to read: |
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| | | 3. Use of 20-day plates. Upon the sale or exchange by a | | dealer of any motorboat that requires a certificate of number, | | the new owner may secure from the dealer a temporary 20-day plate | | to operate the craft for 20 consecutive days after the date of | | sale in lieu of a permanent certificate of number as required in | | section 13056, as long as the new owner applies to the | | commissioner on the date of sale for a certificate of number. | | The temporary 20-day boat number is nontransferable. |
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