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Title 38, Chapter 1: OPERATION OF VESSELS

Subchapter 1: HARBOR MASTERS

38 §1. Appointment; compensation 
38 §1-A. Training 
38 §2. Rules for channel lines; enforcement 
38 §3. Mooring sites 
38 §3-A. Mooring transfer permitted by ordinance 
38 §4. Neglecting to remove or replace moorings 
38 §5. Removal of vessels obstructing anchorage 
38 §6. Power to arrest for assault 
38 §7. Relation to other laws 
38 §7-A. Waiting lists; nonresident moorings 
38 §8. Waiting list 
38 §9. Abandonment of watercraft 
38 §10. Harbor master liability 
38 §11. Definitions 
38 §12. Violation of subchapter 
38 §13. Failure to obey orders of harbormasters 

Subchapter 2: PORT WARDENS

38 §41. Election; qualifications; term; removal; vacancies; records 
38 §42. Duties; vessels arriving 
38 §43. -- distressed vessels 
38 §44. -- wrecked or damaged vessels 
38 §45. Fees 
38 §46. Jurisdiction; impersonation; penalty 

Subchapter 3: PILOTS

38 §81. Appointment; bond (REPEALED) 
38 §82. Duties (REPEALED) 
38 §83. Fees; complaints; suspension or removal (REPEALED) 
38 §84. Liability for damage (REPEALED) 
38 §85. Declaration of policy 
38 §85-A. Definitions (REPEALED) 
38 §85-B. Definitions 
38 §86. Vessels required to take pilot 
38 §86-A. Jurisdiction over coastal waters and rivers 
38 §87. Vessels exempt (REPEALED) 
38 §87-A. Exceptions 
38 §88. Piloting without license 
38 §89. Maine Pilotage Commission members 
38 §90. Duties of commission 
38 §90-A. Reports; liaison; limitations 
38 §90-B. Budget 
38 §90-C. Employees 
38 §91. Qualifications of licensees 
38 §92. Duration and renewal of licenses 
38 §93. License fees 
38 §94. Accounts of fees; payments to commission (REPEALED) 
38 §95. Pilot's bond (REPEALED) 
38 §96. Lawful compensation 
38 §97. Authority of pilots 
38 §98. Commissions prohibited 
38 §99. Grounds for disciplinary action 
38 §99-A. Pilot liability 
38 §100. Notice of hearing on complaint 
38 §100-A. Confidentiality of complaints and investigative records 
38 §101. Surrender of revoked or suspended license 
38 §102. Reinstatement following suspension 
38 §103. Lapsed 
38 §104. Appeals from commission 
38 §105. Pilots currently serving (REPEALED) 
38 §106. Disposition of fees 

Subchapter 4: LIGHTERS AND HARBORS

38 §121. Marking; inspection and renewal 
38 §122. Use without marks or false marks; penalty 
38 §123. Appointment of inspectors; fees; remarking of boats 
38 §124. Unlawful disposal or taking of ballast 

Subchapter 5: SHIP OWNERS

38 §161. Liability to freighters 
38 §162. Charterer deemed owner; responsibility to real owner 

Subchapter 6: WATERCRAFT REGISTRATION AND SAFETY

Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

38 §201. Definitions (REPEALED) 
38 §202. Local regulation prohibited (REPEALED) 
38 §203. Disposition of fines and fees; Watercraft Fund (REPEALED) 
38 §204. Certificate of bureau head and bureau director admissible in evidence (REPEALED) 
38 §205. Enforcement (REPEALED) 
38 §206. Penalties (REPEALED) 

Article 2: CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS

38 §231. Bureau of Watercraft Registration and Safety (REPEALED) 
38 §232. Regulations; force of law; penalties (REPEALED) 
38 §233. Certificate required; display of numbers and validation stickers (REPEALED) 
38 §234. Application and issuance; fees (REPEALED) 
38 §235. Notice of destruction, abandonment, removal, transfer of ownership, change of address (REPEALED) 
38 §236. Motorboats carrying passengers for hire (REPEALED) 
38 §237. Operation of watercraft (REPEALED) 
38 §238. Safety equipment and regattas (REPEALED) 
38 §239. Accidents (REPEALED) 
38 §240. Restrictions on power boats; Portage Lake and Quimby Pond (REPEALED) 
38 §241. -- Jerry Pond (REPEALED) 
38 §242. -- Ox Brook Lake (REPEALED) 
38 §243. -- Nesowadnehunk (Sourdnahunk) Lake (REPEALED) 
38 §244. -- Eagle Lake, Jordan Pond and Long Pond; use of power boats (REPEALED) 
38 §245. -- Snow's Pond; use of power boats (REPEALED) 
38 §246. -- Long Pond, Oxford County (REPEALED) 
38 §247. -- Lily Pond; use of power boats (REPEALED) 

Subchapter 7: OPERATING RESTRICTIONS

38 §281. Speed restrictions 
38 §282. Endangering persons or property 
38 §283. Operating recklessly 
38 §284. Operation under influence of drugs or liquor 
38 §285. Enforcement of operating restrictions 

Subchapter 8: PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR BOATS

38 §321. Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands; duties (REPEALED) 
38 §321-A. Powers (REPEALED) 
38 §322. Boating Facilities Fund (REPEALED) 
38 §323. Fees (REPEALED) 
38 §324. Leases (REPEALED) 
38 §325. Grants-in-aid (REPEALED) 
38 §326. Violation of rules and regulations (REPEALED) 
38 §327. District and Superior Courts have concurrent jurisdiction (REPEALED) 
38 §328. Real estate acquired subject to Mill Act (REPEALED) 
38 §329. Penalties (REPEALED) 
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