| | 1. Permit required. A person may not hold a regatta, race, | boat exhibition or water-ski exhibition without a permit from the | commissioner issued under subsection 2. A person who violates | this subsection commits a civil violation for which a forfeiture | of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged. |
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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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| | 4. Requirements. The following restrictions requirements | apply to permits issued under this section. |
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| A. The person obtaining the permit under subsection 2 is | responsible for providing shall provide reasonable | protection, as prescribed by the commissioner, from water | traffic interference and hazards and shall take reasonable | precautions to safeguard persons and property. |
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| B. During any event authorized pursuant to subsection 1, | the officials conducting it shall conspicuously display one | or more orange warning flags of a size not less than 4 feet | by 4 feet while the event is in progress. The officials | shall remove the warning flag or flags for reasonable | periods of time during the event to allow nonparticipating | watercraft to pass through the area. |
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| | Sec. B-370. 12 MRSA §13061, sub-§4-A is enacted to read: |
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| | 4-A. 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-371. 12 MRSA §13061, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. | A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read: |
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