An Act To Create a Speed Limit on Long Lake and Brandy Pond in Cumberland County
Maine Legislature, Session 124, LD 0577
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sponsors: SYKES, HASTINGS, CEBRA, ROBINSON
Amends: 12 MRSA §13068-B

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124th MAl E LEGISLATURE 
FIRST REGULAR SESSIur~-2009 
Legislative Document 
No. 577 
RP_ 415 
House of Representatives, Febmary 17, 2009 
An Act To Create a Speed Limit on Long Lake and Brandy Pond in 
Cumberland County 
Reference to the Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife suggested and ordered 
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Presented by Representative SYKES of Harrison. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Cosponsored by Senator HASTINGS of Oxford and 
Representatives: CEBRA of Naples, ROBINSON of Raymond. 
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13068-B is enacted to read: 
§13068-B. Speed Limits; Long Lake and Brandy Pond 
1. Speed limit. A person may not operate a watercraft on Long Lake or Brandy 
Pond in Cumberland County in excess of 45 miles per hour between 112 hour before 
sunrise and 112 hour after sunset or in excess of 25 miles per hour at any other time. This 
subsection does not authorize a person to operate a watercraft in violation of any other 
provision oflaw. 
2. Exception. The speed limits established in subsection 1 do not apply to: 
A. Law enforcement personnel or emergency personnel during law enforcement 
operations or emergency operations to protect the safety and health of the pUblic; and 
B. Participants in activities permitted under section 13061. 
3. Penalty. The following penalties apply to violations of subsection 1. 
A. A person who violates subsection 1 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 subsection 1 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. 
Revenue from violations adjudged under this section must be used for enforcement 
operations by the Bureau of Warden Service. 
4. Repeal. This section is repealed December 31, 2012. 
Sec. 2. 
Report on watercraft speed limits. The Commissioner of Inland 
Fisheries and Wildlife shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature 
having jurisdiction over inland fisheries and wildlife matters on the effectiveness and 
feasibility of the watercraft speed limits on Long Lake and Brandy Pond in Cumberland 
County no later than February 15, 2012. The joint standing committee may submit 
legislation based on that report during the Second Regular Session of the 125th 
Legislature. 
Sec. 3. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1,2010. 
SUMMARY 
This bill establishes speed limits for the operation of watercraft on Long Lake and 
Brandy Pond in Cumberland County and provides that fme revenues from speeding 
violations must be used for enforcement operations by the Department of Inland Fisheries 
and Wildlife, Bureau of Warden Service. The speed limits are repealed December 31, 
2012. This bill also requires the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to report 
to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over inland fisheries 
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and wildlife matters on the effectiveness and feasibility of the speed limits by no later 
than February 15, 2012.