| | | A. The application and fee for a certificate of number, | | together with a copy of the temporary registration issued by | | the dealer, must be forwarded by the dealer to the | | commissioner within 48 hours after the date of sale of the | | motorboat. |
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| | B. The dealer shall affix the temporary 20-day boat number | | plate to the bow of the motorboat and shall clearly mark | | thereon the date issued, date of expiration and the dealer's | | Maine dealer's number. |
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| | | 4. Requirements. The following restrictions | | govern the use of 20-day plates. |
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| | A. The | | display of a boat number, the new owner shall conspicuously | display the temporary 20-day boat number is nontransferable | and must be conspicuously displayed | motorboat, notwithstanding any other requirements of display | of boat number |
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| | | B. The operator of a motorboat must have the temporary | | registration aboard at all times while the motorboat is in | | operation. |
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| | | C. After expiration of the 20-day period, the owner shall | | remove and discard the temporary 20-day boat number and | | display the permanent boat number and validation stickers | | assigned by the commissioner in accordance with section | | 13056, subsection 12, paragraph B. |
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| | | Sec. B-368. 12 MRSA §13060, 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-369. 12 MRSA §13061, sub-§§1 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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