An Act To Leverage Expert, State-based Resources for Emergent Intervention and Long-tenn Comprehensive Resource Protection of Lakes
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 1626
Committee Amendment CA_A_H692 (House)
Amends: 12 MRSA §10206, 12 MRSA §10257, 12 MRSA §13056, 12 MRSA §13058, 38 MRSA §1863

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT ,"~ " to H.P. 1198, L.D. 1626, Bill, "An Act To 
Leverage Expert, State-based Resources for Emergent Intervention and Long-tenn 
Comprehensive Resource Protection of Lakes" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Fund Invasive Species Prevention and Control' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §10206, sub-§3, ~C, as amended by PL 2013, c. 368, Pt. 
AAA, § 1, is further amended to read: 
C. All revenues collected under the provisions of this Part relating to watercraft, 
including chapter 935, including fines, fees and other available money deposited with 
the Treasurer of State, must be distributed as undedicated revenue to the General 
Fund and the Department of Marine Resources according to a formula that is jointly 
agreed upon by the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the 
Commissioner of Marine Resources biannually that pays to the department the 
administrative costs of the Division of Licensing and Registration. The Legislature 
shall appropriate to the department in each fiscal year an amount equal to the 
administrative costs incurred by the department in collecting revenue under this 
subsection. Those costs must be verified by the Department of Marine Resources and 
the Department of Administrative and Financial Services. The remainder of revenues 
after reduction for administrative costs and after allowing for any necessary year-end 
reconciliation and accounting distribution must be allocated 75% to the depmiment 
and 25% to the Department of Marine Resources and approved by the Department of 
Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of the Budget. 
The fees outlined in section 13056, subsection 8, paragraphs A and B for watercraft 
operating on inland waters of the State each include a $-I-() $15 fee for invasive 
species prevention and control. +his Five dollars of the $15 fee must be credited to 
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"to H.P. 1198, L.D. 1626 
the Invasive Aquatic Plant and Nuisance Species Fund established within the 
Department of Environmental Protection under Title 38, section 1863 and the 
--remairuierofthe fee i~as 
follows: 
(1) Sixty percent of the fee must be credited to the Invasive Aquatic Plant and 
Nuisance Species Fund established within the Department of Environmental 
Proteetion under Title 38, section 1863; and 
(2) Forty percent of the fee must be credited to the Lake and River Protection 
Fund established within the department under section 10257. 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §10257, sub-§I, as amended by PL 2011, c. 74, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
1. Fund established. The Lake and River Protection Fund, referred to in this section 
as the "fund," is established within the department as a nonlapsing fund. The fund must 
be administered by the commissioner. The fund is funded from a portion of the fees 
collected for lake and river protection stickers issued under section 13058, subsection 3 
and from other funds accepted for those purposes by the commissioner or allocated or 
appropriated by the Legislature. Money in the fund may be used for enforcing laws 
pertaining to invasive aquatic plants and nuisance species, inspecting watercraft for 
invasive aquatic plant and nuisance species materials, educational and infonnational 
efforts targeted at invasive aquatic plant and nuisance species prevention, eradication and 
management activities and the production and distribution of lake and river protection 
stickers required under section 13058, subsection 3. 
For purposes of this section, 
"nuisance species" has the same meaning as in Title 38, section 1861, subsection 2. 
Sec.3. 12 MRS A §13056, sub-§8, ,A, as amended by PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. 00, 
§ 14, is further amended to read: 
A. For a watercraft requiring or whose owner requests a certificate of number and 
that is equipped with a motor having a manufacturer's horsepower rating of: 
(l) Ten horsepower or less, the fee is m $30 for operating on inland waters of 
the State and $15 for operating only on tidal waters of the State; 
(2) Greater than 10, but not more than 50 horsepower, the fee is ~ 
$35 for 
operating on inland waters of the State and $20 for operating only on tidal waters 
of the State; and 
(3) Greater than 50 horsepower but not more than 115 horsepower, the fee is $J6 
ID for operating on inland waters of the State and $26 for operating only on 
tidal waters of the State. 
Sec. 4. 12 MRSA §13056, sub-§8, ,B, as amended by PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. 00, 
§15, is further amended to read: 
B. For a personal watercraft requiring or whose owner requests a certificate of 
number and watercraft equipped with a motor having a manufacturer's horsepower 
rating of 115 horsepower or greater, the fee is $44 $49 for operating on inland waters 
of the State and $34 for operating only on tidal waters of the State. 
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Sec. 5. 12 MRSA §13058, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. 00, §17, 
is repealed and the following enacted in its place: 
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3. Nonresident motorboat and personal watercraft lake and river protection 
sticker and resident and nonresident seaplane lake and river protection sticker; fee. 
No later than January 1st of each year, the commissioner shall provide the agents 
authorized to register watercraft or issue licenses with a sufficient quantity of lake and 
river protection stickers for motorboats and personal watercraft not registered in the State 
and for all seaplanes, whether or not registered in the State, for that boating season. The 
sticker must be in 2 parts so that one part of the sticker can be affixed to each side of the 
bow of a motorboat or personal watercraft or to each outside edge of a seaplane's 
pontoons. The fee for a sticker issued under this subsection is $25, $1 of which is 
retained by the agent who sold the sticker and $5 of which must be credited to the 
Invasive Aquatic Plant and Nuisance Species Fund established within the Department of 
Environmental Protection under Title 38, section 1863. 
The remainder of the fee is disposed as follows: 
A. 
Sixty percent must be credited to the Invasive Aquatic Plant and Nuisance 
Species Fund; and 
B. Forty percent must be credited to the Lake and River Protection Fund established 
within the department under section 10257. 
A motorboat, personal watercraft or seaplane owned by the Federal Government, a state 
government or a municipality is exempt from the fee established in this subsection. 
Sec. 6. 38 MRSA §1863, as amended by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. B, §73 and affected 
by Pt. D, §7 and c. 614, §9, is further amended to read: 
§1863. Invasive Aquatic Plant and Nuisance Species Fund 
The Invasive Aquatic Plant and Nuisance Species Fund, referred to in this section as 
the "fund," is created within the department as a nonlapsing fund. 
The fund is 
administered by the commissioner. 
The fund is funded from a portion of the fees 
collected for lake and river protection stickers issued under Title 12, section 13058, 
subsection 3 and from other funds accepted for those purposes by the commissioner or 
allocated or appropriated by the Legislature. Money in the fund may be used only for 
costs related to conducting inspections under section 1862, conducting invasive aquatic 
plant prevention, containment, eradication and management activities and reimbursing 
agencies as necessary for costs associated with conducting or enforcing the provisions of 
this chapter and chapter 20-B. The commissioner may also use funds to contract with 
municipalities or other entities to conduct inspection, prevention or eradication programs 
to protect the inland waters of the State from invasive aquatic plant and nuisance species. 
Sec. 7. Appropriations and allocations. 
The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
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COMMITTEE AMENDMENT" A" to H.P. 1198, L.D. 1626 
Initiative: Provides an allocation of $246,650 in fiscal year 2014-15 for inspecting, 
containing and eradicating invasive aquatic plants and nuisance species. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
All Other 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
2013-14 
$0 
$0 
Sec. 8. Effective date. This Act takes effect January 1,2015.' 
SUMMARY 
2014-15 
$246,650 
$246,650 
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, increases the fees 
collected for watercraft operating on inland waters of the State by $5 beginning in 2015. 
This amendment also increases the lake and river protection sticker fee for nonresidents 
by $5. It directs that the revenue from these increased fees be directed to the Invasive 
Aquatic Plant and Nuisance Species Fund established within the Department of 
Environmental Protection beginning in 2015. Finally, this amendment eliminates the 
proposed invasive aquatic plant removal and long-tenn management programs within the 
Department of Environmental Protection and the proposed nonresident registration fees 
that are contained in the bill. 
The amendment also strikes the emergency preamble and emergency clause and adds 
an appropriations and allocations section. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
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Approved: 03/05114 fra-c. 
LD 1626 
LR 2468(02) 
An Act To Leverage Expert, State-based Resources for Emergent Intervention and Long-term 
Comprehensive Resource Protection of Lakes 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment ,~, C H -/.pC? cl-) 
Committee: Inland Fisheries and Wildlife 
Appropriations/Allocations 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Revenue 
Other Special Revenue Funds 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
Fiscal Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
FY 2013-14 
FY 2014-15 
$0 
$246,650 
$0 
$246,650 
Projections 
FY 2015-16 
$517,930 
$517,930 
Projections 
FY 2016-17 
$517,930 
$517,930 
The bill increases, beginning January 1, 2015,fees on certificates for watercraft operation on inland waters by $5 
(from $10 to $15) and lake and riverprotection stickers for nonresident personal watercraft, motorboats and seaplanes 
by $5 (from $20 to $25). The Invasive Aquatic Plant and Nuisance Species Fund within the Department of 
Environmental Protection (DEP) is estimated to receive $246,650 in fiscal year 2014-15 and $517,930 in subsequent 
fiscal years. This bill provides an allocation to the DEP of $246,650 in fiscal year 2014-15 for inspecting, eradicating 
and containing invasive aquatic plants and nuisance species. 
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