CHAPTER 4

H.P. 264 - L.D. 351

An Act To Provide the Portland Harbor Commission with the

Authority To Arrest

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

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