§13064.__Certificate of number for motorboats rented or leased

1.__Certificate of number required.__Before any motorboat is rented or leased, the owner of the motorboat shall obtain a certificate of number from the commissioner under section 13056.

2. Penalty.__The following penalties apply to violations of this section.

A.__A person who violates this section commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.

B.__A person who violates this section 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.

Sec. B-375. 12 MRSA §13065, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is amended to read:

1. Prohibition. A person may not rent or lease a personal watercraft in violation of this section. This subsection does not apply to:

A. A campground licensed by the Department of Human Services that offers the personal watercraft owned by that campground exclusively for use by campground clientele;

B. A commercial sporting camp. For the purposes of this subsection, "commercial sporting camp" means a business consisting of primitive lodging facilities that offers the public the opportunity to pursue primitive hunting, fishing, boating or snowmobiling activities;

C. A person lawfully engaged in guiding activities under section 12853 who accompanies others on guided trips that include the use of personal watercraft; or

D. A property owner who offers a person renting or leasing that property the use of a personal watercraft registered to the property owner.