Sec. 1. P&SL 1981, c. 98, §6, first sentence, as amended by P&SL 1993, c. 34, §2, is further amended to read:

The commission shall from time to time adopt such rules as it considers necessary and proper, not inconsistent with law, for keeping open convenient channels for the passage of vessels, promoting navigational safety in the waters under its control, protecting public safety and protecting persons having riparian rights, including, without limitation, procedures, standards and fees, and subject to the provisions of section 5, subsection 1 of this Act for the issuance of permits to build or extend wharves and other structures or to fill or excavate; to limit the speed of vessels within the harbor; to permit moorings; and to cause the removal of derelict and abandoned vessels.

Sec. 2. P&SL 1981, c. 98, §7, sub-§2, first sentence is amended to read:

The harbor master or his the harbor master's deputies shall cause any vessel or vessels anchoring or mooring within the channel lines established by the commission or anchoring in such a manner that any portion of the hull, spars or booms extend extends beyond the lines, due to tide or wind, or which that the harbor master finds in any way obstructing the free movement or anchorage or mooring of vessels in any part of the harbor, to move to such an anchorage or mooring area as he the harbor master designates for that purpose, and enjoy all the authority conferred upon harbor masters under the provisions of the general law, except the power to arrest.

SUMMARY

This bill gives the Portland Harbor Commission the power to arrest, making its powers consistent with those of other harbor commissions around the State.