An Act To Amend the Laws Preventing the Pollution of Portland's Water Supply
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 1205
Committee: Utilities and Energy
Sponsors: BARTLETT, BLISS, HOBBINS, BLANCHARD, FITTS, FLETCHER, HINCK, RINES

Legislative Document 
No.120S 
S.P.393 . 
March 7, 2007 
An Act To Amend the Laws Preventing the Pollution of Portland's 
Water Supply 
Reference to the Committee on Utilities and Energy suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator BARTLETT of Cumberland. 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Cosponsored by Representative BLISS of South Portland and Senator: HOBBINS of York, 
Representatives: BLANCHARD of Old Town, FITTS of Pittsfield, FLETCHER of Winslow, 
HINCK of Portland, RINES of Wiscasset. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. P&SL 1913, c. 157, §1 is amended to read: 
Sec. 1. Trespassing on certain lands near Sebago Lake forbidden; notices 
must be posted. All persons are forbidden trespassing on the lands purchased, taken or 
otherwise acquired by the Portland Water District for the purpose of protecting the purity 
of the waters of Sebago lake Lake. Notices that the lands are sa taken and held,.-shall 
must be posted in conspicuous places on said the lands and along the shore of said the 
lake and abutting thereoR land and any person trespassing on said the lands shall be .i§ 
liable to a fine, payable to the state State, of Rot more tAaa tV/eaty dollars $500 for a first 
offense, $1,000 for a second offense and $2,500 for each subsequent offense. 
Sec.2. P&SL 1913, c. 157, §2, first~, as amended by P&SL 1991, c. 12, §5, is 
further amended to read: 
Sec. 2. Bathing, etc., within two miles of intake, forbidden. A person may 
not bathe ia have bodily contact with the waters of Sebago Lake within 2 miles of the 
intakes of the Portland Water District, nor may any person wash linen or other articles of 
personal apparel in the waters of the lake. In additieR to tAe foregoiag provisieR, RO A 
person shaH may not, within the following described restricted area near the intakes of the 
Portland Water District, carry on ice fishing, operate any boat or any motorized vehicle, 
including snowmobiles, or trespass. The Portland Water District is authorized to place 
buoys in the waters of Sebago Lake and markers on the ice to define this restricted area. 
Any sueh buoys placed in the waters of Sebago Lake shaH must be plainly marked as 
required by the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Recreation under the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title ;& 12, Seetioa 323 section 1894. To the extent that this statute prohibits 
the operation of a boat or vehicles or the carrying on of ice fishing in an area greater than 
prohibited by the general laws, the Act shall apply applies as provided in the Maine 
Revised Statutes, Title 22, SeotioR 2437 section 2648. 
Sec. 3. P&SL 1913, c. 157, §2, 3rd ~, as amended by P&SL 1971, c. 77, is 
further amended to read: 
Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be .i§ liable to a fine, payable 
to the State, of Rot ffioretAaa $2Q $500 for a first offense, $1,000' for a second offense 
and $2,500 for each subsequent offense. 
SUMMARY 
This bill updates and clarifies the private and special law prohibiting bodily contact 
with the waters of Sebago Lake within 2 miles ofthe Portland Water District intake pipes. 
This bill also updates the fines for such bodily contact and for trespassing on land 
acquired by the district for protecting its source of supply in the lower bay of Sebago 
Lake.