Source: http://legislature.maine.gov/legis/statutes/12/title12sec13068-A.html
Timestamp: 2018-03-25 01:05:50
Document Index: 85417087

Matched Legal Cases: ['§13068', '§380', '§422', '§380', '§422', '§380', '§422', '§380', '§422', '§380', '§422', '§14', '§380', '§422', '§14', '§380', '§422', '§380', '§422', '§380', '§422', '§380', '§422', '§380', '§422', '§380', '§422', '§16', '§380', '§422', '§38', '§14', '§38']

§13068-A MS-Word
A. A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $500 and not more than $5,000 per violation may be adjudged. A fine imposed under this subsection may not be suspended by the court. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §380 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]
B. A person who violates this subsection 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. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §380 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]
[ 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §380 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF) .]
A. A person violates this subsection if that person owns a watercraft and negligently permits another person to operate that watercraft in violation of this chapter.
(2) A person who violates this paragraph 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. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §380 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]
B. A person violates this subsection if that person is the parent or guardian responsible for the care of a minor under 18 years of age and the minor operates a personal watercraft in violation of this chapter.
3. Operating motorboat other than personal watercraft while underage. A person under 12 years of age may not operate a motorboat propelled by machinery of more than 10 horsepower unless under the immediate supervision of a person located in the motorboat who is at least 16 years of age.
A. A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §380 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]
4. Operating watercraft without proper safety equipment. Except as provided in paragraph B, a person may not operate a watercraft without proper safety equipment as described in paragraph A.
(1) Fails to comply with the same requirements pertaining to lights, life-saving devices, fire extinguishers and other safety equipment as required by federal laws and regulations on federal navigable waters, as promulgated under the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971, Public Law 92-75, as amended;
(2) Fails to comply with requirements pertaining to additional equipment not in conflict with federal navigation laws, which the commissioner may prescribe if there is a demonstrated need;
(3) Fails to wear a Coast Guard approved Type I, Type II or Type III personal flotation device while canoeing or kayaking on the Saco River between Hiram Dam and the Atlantic Ocean between January 1st and June 1st; or
(4) Fails to wear a Coast Guard approved Type I, Type II, Type III or Type V personal flotation device while operating a watercraft on:
(1) Canoes, owned by a youth camp located upon internal waters in the State and duly licensed by the Department of Health and Human Services and utilized by campers under the direction and supervision of a youth camp counselor at least 18 years of age or older during training and instruction periods on waters adjacent to the main location of the youth camp within a distance of 500 feet from the shoreline of that camp, are exempt from this subsection; and
(2) Log rafts, carrying not more than 2 persons and used on ponds or lakes or internal waters of less than 50 acres in area, are exempt from carrying personal flotation devices. [2009, c. 211, Pt. B, §14 (AMD).]
(2) A person who violates this subsection 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. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §380 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]
[ 2009, c. 211, Pt. B, §14 (AMD) .]
6. Reckless operation of watercraft. A person may not operate any of the following in such a way as to recklessly create a substantial risk of serious bodily injury to another person:
B. Shall regulate the speed of a watercraft so as to avoid danger, injury or unnecessary inconvenience in any manner to other watercraft and their occupants, whether anchored or under way; waterfront piers; floats or other property or shorelines, either directly or by the effect of the wash or wave created by the watercraft through its speed, or otherwise. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §380 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]
8. Imprudent operation of watercraft. A person may not, while operating a watercraft on the inland or coastal waters of the State, engage in prolonged circling, informal racing, wake jumping or other types of continued and repeated activities that harass another person.
A. This subsection may be enforced by any law enforcement officer or a person may bring a private nuisance action for a violation of this subsection pursuant to Title 17, section 2802. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §380 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]
9. Operating watercraft to molest wild animals or wild birds. A person may not operate a watercraft so as to pursue, molest, harass, drive or herd any wild animal or wild bird, except as may be permitted during the open season on that animal.
(2) A noise level of 75 decibels when subjected to an operational test measured with and without cutouts engaged and as prescribed by the commissioner. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §380 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]
C. This subsection does not apply to motorboats that are operating in a regatta or race approved by the commissioner under section 13061. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §380 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]
11. Operating motorboat without muffler. A person may not operate a motorboat that is not equipped at all times with an effective and suitable muffling device on its engine or engines to effectively deaden or muffle the noise of the exhaust, except that motorboats that are operating in a regatta or race approved by the commissioner under section 13061 may use cutouts for these motorboats while on trial runs or competing in speed events, for a period not to exceed 48 hours immediately preceding or following such an authorized event.
12. Tampering with motorboat muffler system. A person may not modify a motorboat muffler system in any way that results in an increase in the decibels of sound emitted by that motorboat.
A. A person may not operate a watercraft at a speed greater than headway speed while within the water safety zone or within a marina or an approved anchorage in coastal or inland waters except:
(2) While picking up or dropping off one or more persons on water skis in the water safety zone if a reasonably direct course is taken through the water safety zone between the point that the skiers are picked up or dropped off and the outer boundary of the water safety zone. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §380 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]
B. For the purposes of this subsection, "headway speed" means the minimum speed necessary to maintain steerage and control of the watercraft while the watercraft is moving. [2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §380 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF).]
15. Violation of surface use restriction order. A person may not operate, launch or remove a watercraft at a restricted-access site or refuse inspection of a watercraft in violation of an order issued under Title 38, section 1864.
[ 2005, c. 397, Pt. E, §16 (AMD) .]
(1) Operate a motorboat on that portion of Portage Lake in Township T. 13, R. 6, W.E.L.S., County of Aroostook, known as the Floating Island Area, north and westerly of a line beginning at the eastern edge of the marshy peninsula running out from Hutchinson Ridge, running 50 yards outside of the floating islands in a northerly direction to the mouth of Mosquito Brook;
(3) Operate a motorboat upon the waters of Jerry Pond, so called, situated within the boundaries, or having a shore line abutting, the incorporated municipality of Millinocket and the unincorporated Townships being T.1, R. 7 and T.A., R. 7, all in Penobscot County;
(6) Operate a motorboat having more than 10 horsepower on Eagle Lake and Jordan Pond, Mt. Desert Island, Hancock County and Long Pond, T.E. and T. D., Franklin County;
(7) Operate a motorboat on a body of water commonly known as and referred to in the Dunham-Davee Work Plan as Snow's Pond, situated west of Route 7 in the Town of Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County;
(10) Operate a motorboat powered by an internal combustion engine on Nokomis Pond, situated in the Towns of Newport and Palmyra, Penobscot County;
(11) Operate a motorboat in Merrymeeting Bay at a speed in excess of 10 miles per hour, except within the confines of the buoyed channels;
(12) Operate a motorboat equipped with an internal combustion engine on the following waters on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County: Witch Hole Pond; Aunt Betty's Pond; Bubble Pond; Round Pond; and Lake Wood;
(13) Operate 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;
(14) Operate a personal watercraft in violation of section 685-C, subsection 10 or any rule adopted by the Maine Land Use Planning Commission to implement that subsection;
(15) Operate 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;
(16) Operate 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;
(17) Operate 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;
(21) Operate a motorboat having more than 10 horsepower on Adams Pond, Foster Pond or Otter Pond in the Town of Bridgton in Cumberland County; or
[ 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §380 (NEW); 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §422 (AFF); 2011, c. 682, §38 (REV) .]
2003, c. 655, §B380 (NEW). 2003, c. 655, §B422 (AFF). 2003, c. 689, §B6 (REV). 2005, c. 397, §E16 (AMD). 2009, c. 211, Pt. B, §14 (AMD). 2011, c. 682, §38 (REV).