An Act To Improve the Water Quality of Hall Pond in Paris
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0211
Committee: Environment and Natural Resources
Sponsors: HASTINGS, TIMBERLAKE, HAYES
Amends: 12 MRSA §13068-A, 12 MRSA §13071-A, 12 MRSA §13106-A, 12 MRSA §13157-A

Legislative Document 
No. 211 
S.P. 61 
In Senate, January 27, 2011 
An Act To Improve the Water Quality of Hall Pond in Paris 
Reference to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered 
printed. 
JOSEPH G. CARLETON, JR. 
Secretary of the Senate 
Presented by Senator HASTINGS of Oxford. 
Cosponsored by Representative TIMBERLAKE of Turner and 
Representative: HAYES of Buckfield. 
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 to read: 
A.  A person may not: 
(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; 
(2)  Operate a motorboat on Quimby Pond in the Town of Rangeley, Franklin 
County; 
(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; 
(4)  Operate a motorboat on Upper and Lower Ox Brook Lakes in the Towns of 
T. 6 ND, T. 6 RI and Talmadge in Washington County; 
(5)  Operate a motorboat on Little Nesowadnehunk (Sournahunk) Lake, in T. 5, 
R. 11, Piscataquis 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; 
(8)  Operate a motorboat having more than 6 horsepower on Long Pond, Town of 
Denmark, Oxford County; 
(9)  Operate a motorboat on Lily Pond, Edgecomb, Lincoln 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 Regulation 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; 
(18)  Operate a watercraft equipped with a motor greater than 5 horsepower on 
Moose Pond in the Town of Otisfield; 
(19)  Operate a watercraft at greater than headway speed on any area of Pickerel 
Pond in the Town of Wayne; 
(20)  Operate a motorboat having more than 10 horsepower on Middle Branch 
Pond in the Town of Waterboro in York County; 
(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 
(22)  Operate a motorboat having more than 10 horsepower on Pickerel Pond in 
the territory of T.32 MD in Hancock County.; or 
(23)  Operate a motorboat on Hall Pond in the Town of Paris in Oxford County. 
Sec. 2.  12 MRSA §13071-A, sub-§4, ¶A, 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 Town of 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; 
(8)  Norton Pond or Coleman Pond in the Town of Lincolnville in Waldo County; 
(9)  Pitcher Pond in the Town of Lincolnville and the Town of Northport 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 Town of Naples in Cumberland County; 
(12)  Brandy Pond in the Town of Naples in Cumberland County between sunset 
and 9:00 a.m.; 
(13)  Fulton Lake in the Town 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 Town of Hope in Knox 
County; 
(19)  Pocasset Lake or Pickerel Pond in the Town of Wayne in Kennebec County; 
(20)  Androscoggin Lake in the Town of Wayne in Kennebec County and the 
Town of Leeds in Androscoggin County; 
(21)  Little Cobbosseecontee Lake in the 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, Center 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; 
(27)  Spring Lake in Spring Lake Township in Somerset County; 
(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 ND 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; or 
(33)  Lake St. George in the Town of Liberty.; or 
(34)  Hall Pond in the Town of Paris in Oxford County. 
Sec. 3.  12 MRSA §13106-A, sub-§27 is enacted to read: 
27.  Operating snowmobile on Hall Pond; prohibition.  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. 
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. 4.  12 MRSA §13157-A, sub-§28 is enacted to read: 
28.  Operating ATV 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 operation of all motorboats, snowmobiles, ATVs and personal 
watercraft on Hall Pond in the Town of Paris.