CHAPTER 697
H.P. 1925 - L.D. 2671
An Act to Implement Municipal Recommendations Regarding Surface Water Use on Great Ponds
Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and
Whereas, the restrictions on surface water uses on great ponds contained in this legislation must take effect prior to the start of this year's boating season; and
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§20, ¶¶M and N, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 739, §5, are amended to read:
M. Operates a motorboat equipped with a motor greater than 10 horsepower on Upper Hadlock Pond or Lower Hadlock Pond on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County; or
N. Operates a personal watercraft in violation of section 685-C, subsection 10 or any rule adopted by the commission to implement that subsection.;
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§20, ¶¶O, P, Q and R are enacted to read:
O. Operates a watercraft at greater than headway speed on any area of Torsey Lake within 1/2 mile from the boat launch on Desert Pond Road in the Town of Mount Vernon;
P. Operates a watercraft at greater than headway speed on any area of Torsey Lake within 1/2 mile from the boat launch on Old Kents Hill Road in the Town of Readfield;
Q. Operates a watercraft equipped with a motor greater than 10 horsepower on Cold Rain Pond in the Town of Naples or on Holt Pond in the Town of Naples and the Town of Bridgton; or
R. Operates a watercraft equipped with a motor greater than 5 horsepower on Moose Pond in the Town of Otisfield.
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§35, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 400, §1, is amended to read:
35. Illegally operating personal watercraft in prohibited area. A person is guilty of operating a personal watercraft in a prohibited area if that person operates a personal watercraft on:
A. Operates a personal watercraft on Mud Pond, Oversett Pond, South Pond, Round Pond, Twitchell Pond, Hicks Pond or Furlong Pond in the Town of Greenwood in Oxford County;
B. Operates a personal watercraft on North Pond or Bryant Pond, also known as Christopher Lake, in the Town of Greenwood and the Town of Woodstock in Oxford County;
C. Operates a personal watercraft on Concord Pond, Little Concord Pond or Shagg Pond in the Town of Woodstock in Oxford County;
D. Operates a personal watercraft on Hamilton Pond in Bar Harbor in Hancock County; or
E. Operates a personal watercraft on Bog Lake or Horseshoe Lake in the Town of Northfield in Washington County.;
F. Megunticook Lake in the Town of Camden and the Town of Hope in Knox County and the Town of Lincolnville in Waldo County;
G. Hobbs Pond, Fish Pond or Alford Lake in the Town of Hope in Knox County;
H. Norton Pond or Coleman Pond in the Town of Lincolnville in Waldo County;
I. Pitcher Pond in the Town of Lincolnville and the Town of Northport in Waldo County;
J. Torsey Lake in the Town of Mount Vernon and the Town of Readfield in Kennebec County;
K. Trickey Pond in the Town of Naples in Cumberland County;
L. Brandy Pond in the Town of Naples in Cumberland County between sunset and 9:00 a.m.;
M. Fulton Lake in the Town of Northfield in Washington County;
N. Knight Pond in the Town of Northport in Waldo County;
O. Moose Pond or Saturday Pond in the Town of Otisfield in Oxford County;
P. Tripp Pond, Upper Range Pond or Middle Range Pond in the Town of Poland in Androscoggin County;
Q. Keewaydin Lake, Virginia Lake, Trout Pond, Weymouth Pond or Whitney Pond in the Town of Stoneham in Oxford County;
R. Lermond Pond in the Town of Union and the Town of Hope in Knox County;
S. Pocasset Lake or Pickerel Pond in the Town of Wayne in Kennebec County;
T. Androscoggin Lake in the Town of Wayne in Kennebec County and the Town of Leeds in Androscoggin County;
U. Little Cobbosseecontee Lake in the Town of Winthrop in Kennebec County;
V. Somes Pond in the Town of Mount Desert;
W. Long Pond in the Town of Mount Desert and the Town of Southwest Harbor; or
X. Little Long Pond in the Town of Mount Desert.
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §7801, sub-§36 is enacted to read:
36. Operating rented or leased personal watercraft without identification decal. A person is guilty of operating a rented or leased personal watercraft without an identification decal if that person operates a rented or leased personal watercraft on Brandy Pond in the Town of Naples or on Long Lake in the Town of Naples, the Town of Bridgton and the Town of Harrison that does not have a clearly visible decal affixed to the personal watercraft that identifies the rental agent.
Sec. 5. Preparation of identification decals. The Naples Conservation Commission shall, in cooperation with businesses that rent or lease personal watercraft for use on Brandy Pond in the Town of Naples or on Long Lake in the Town of Naples, the Town of Bridgton and the Town of Harrison, design and provide to those businesses the identification decals required by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 7801, subsection 36.
Emergency clause. In view of the emergency cited in the preamble, this Act takes effect when approved.
Effective April 13, 2000.
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