An Act To Improve the Water Quality of Hall Pond in Paris
Maine Legislature, Session 122, LD 0421
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: HANLEY
Amends: 12 MRSA §13068-A, 12 MRSA §13071-A, 12 MRSA §13106-A, 12 MRSA §13157-A

Legislative Document 
No. 421 
H.P.306 
House of Representatives, January 27, 2005 
An Act To Improve the Water Quality of Hall Pond in Paris 
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
printed. 
Presented by Representative HANLEY of Paris. 
Printed on re<:ycled paper 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13068-A, sub-§16, ~A, as enacted by PL 2003, 
c. 655, Pt. B, §380 and affected by §422, is amended by amending 
sub-,,(21) and (22) to read: 
(21) 
Operate 
a 
motorboat 
having 
more 
than 
horsepower on Adams Pond, Foster Pond or Otter Pond in 
the Town of Bridgton in Cumberland County; 
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(22) 
Operate 
a 
motorboat 
having 
more 
than 
horsepower on Pickerel Pond in the territory of T.32 MD 
in Hancock CountyT~ 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §13068-A, sub-§16, ~A, as enacted by PL 2003, 
c. 655, Pt. B, §380 and affected by §422, is amended by enacting 
sub-,(23) to read: 
(23) 
Operate a motorboat on Hall Pond in the Town of 
Paris in Oxford County. 
Sec. 3. 12 MRS A §13071-A, sub-§4, ~A, as enacted by PL 2003, 
c. 655, Pt. B, §384 and affected by §422, is amended by amending 
sub-"(32) and (33) to read: 
(32) 
Highland 
Lake 
or 
Woods 
Pond 
in the 
Town 
of 
Bridgton 
in 
Cumberland 
County 
if 
the 
personal 
watercraft is rented 
and 
does 
not display 
a 
decal 
identifying the rental agency that owns the personal 
watercraft; 
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(33) 
Lake St. George in the Town of LibertYT~ 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §13071-A, sub-§4, ~A, as enacted by PL 2003, 
c. 
655, 
Pt. 
B, 
§384 
and affected by 
§ 
422, 
is 
amended 
by 
enacting sub-,r(34) to read: 
(34) 
Hall Pond in the Town of Paris in Oxford County. 
Sec.5. 12 MRSA §13106-A, sub-§26 is enacted to read: 
26. 
~J.9!;._iP,9--$~9~bj,l~_QJ~ __ --'laJL~nd; prohibi ti9n. 
A 
person may not operate a snowmobile on Hall Pond in the Town of 
Paris in Oxford County. 
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. 
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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. 
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §13157-A. sub-§24 is enacted to read: 
24. 
Operati~~ on Hall Pond prohibited. 
A person may 
not operate an ATV on Hall Pond in the Town of Paris in Oxford 
County. 
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. 
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. 
SUMMARY 
This 
bill 
prohibits 
the 
snowmobiles, 
ATVs 
and personal 
Town of Paris. 
operation 
watercraft 
of 
all 
on Hall 
motorboats, 
Pond in the