An Act To Prohibit the Use of Personal Watercraft on Wilson Pond
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 1614
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: JOHNSON, DUCHESNE

Legislative Document 
No. 1614 
H.P.1142 
House of Representatives, December 23,2009 
An Act To Prohibit the Use of Personal Watercraft on Wilson Pond 
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule 
203. 
Rec~ived by the Clerk of the House on December 21,2009. Referred to the Committee on 
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint 
Rule 401. 
Presented by Representative JOHNSON of Greenville. 
Cosponsored by Representative: DUCHESNE of Hudson. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
· Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 12 MRS A §1307:D.-A, sub-§4, 'irA, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, 
§384 and affected .by §422, is amended to read: 
A. A person may not operate a personal watercraft on: 
(1) Mud Pond, Oversett Pond, South Pond, Round Pond, Twitchell Pond, Hicks 
Pond, Indian Pond or Furlong Pond' in the Town of Greenwood in Oxford 
County; 
(2) North Pond or Bryant Pond, also known as Christopher Lake, in the Town of 
Greenwood and the.Town of Woodstock in Oxford County; 
(3) 
Concord Pond, Little Concord Pond or Shagg Pond in the Town of 
Woodstock in Oxford County; 
(4) Hamilton Pond in Bar Harbor in Hancock County; 
(5) Bog Lake or Horseshoe Lake in the Town of Northfield in Washington 
County; 
(6) Megunticook Lake in the Tbwnof Camden.and the Town of Hope in Knox 
County· and the Town of Lincolnville in Waldo County; 
(7) Hobbs Pond, Fish Pond or Alford Lake in the Town of Hope in Knox 
. County; 
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(8) Norton Pond or Coleman Pond in the Town of Lincolnville in Waldo County; 
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(9) Pitcher Pond in the Town -of Lincolnville and the Town of Northp~rt in 
Waldo County; 
(10) Torsey Lake in the Town of Mount Vernon and the Town of Readfield in 
Kennebec County; 
(11) Trickey Pond in-the Towil of Naples in Cumberland County; 
(12) Brandy Pond in the Town of Naples in Cumberland County between sunset 
.and 9:00a.m.; 
(13) Fulton Lake in the Towil of Northfield in Washington County; 
(14) Knight Pond in the Town of Northport in Waldo County;. 
(15) Moose Pond or Saturday Pond in the Town of Otisfield in Oxford County; . 
(16) Tripp Pond, Upper Range Pond or Middle Range Pond in the Town of 
Poland in Androscoggin CountY; 
(17) Keewaydin Lake, Virginia Lake, Trout Pond, Weymouth Pond or Whitney 
Pond in the Town of Stoneham in Oxford County; 
(18) Lermond Pond in the Town of Union and the Towil of Hope in Knox 
County; 
(19)' Po'casset Lake or Pickerel Pond in the Town of Wayne ih Kennebec County; 
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(20)' Androscoggin Lake in the Town of Wayne in Kennebec County and the 
Town of Leeds in Androscoggin County; . 
(21) Little Cobbosseecontee Lake inthe Town of Winthrop in Kennebec County; 
(22) Somes Pond in the Town of Mount Desert; 
(23) 
Long Pond in the Town of Mount Desert and the Town of Southwest 
Harbor; 
(24) Little Long Pond in the Town of Mount Desert; 
(25) Meetinghouse Pond, Big Pond, Wat Tuh Lake, Cepter Pond and Silver 
Lake, also known as Silver Pond, in the Town of Phippsburg in Sagadahoc 
County; 
(26) South Branch Lake in the Plantation of Seboeis and the Township of T2 R8 
NWP in Penobscot County; 
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(27) Spring Lake in Spring Lake Township in Somerset Cou'nty; 
(28) Kennebago Lake and Kennebago River in Davis Township and Stetsontown 
Township in Franklin County; 
(29) Nicatous Lake in the Townships of T40 MD, T41 MD and T3 NO in 
Hancock County; 
(30) Crystal Lake in the Town of Washington in Knox County; 
(31) Middle Branch Pond in the Town of Waterboro in York County; 
(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; eF 
(33) Lake St. George in the Town ofLiberty7~ 
(34) Lower Wilson Pond in the Town of Greenville in Piscataquis County and 
Upper Wilson Pond inthe Town of Greenville and Bowdoin College Grant West 
Township in Piscataquis County. 
SUMMARY 
This bill adds Lower Wilson Pond and Upper Wilson Pond in Piscataquis County to 
the list of bodies of water on which a person is prohibited from operating personal 
watercraft.