| Sec. 1. Recommendations for regulating use, operation and type of watercraft on |
| coastal waters. Resolved: That a municipality, with the approval of its |
| legislative body, may submit recommendations to the Commissioner |
| of Marine Resources for regulating the use and operation of |
| personal watercraft on coastal waters that are within the |
| boundaries of that municipality or that abut that municipality. |
| Recommendations that include an area of coastal waters that is |
| within or abuts more than one municipality may be submitted only |
| after approval of the legislative bodies of all those |
| municipalities. For coastal waters that border lands within the |
| jurisdiction of the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission, the |
| approval of the commission is required. If a municipality |
| chooses to prepare recommendations for such waters, it shall take |
| into consideration the use to which those waters are put, the |
| depth of the water, the amount of waterborne traffic on the |
| waters, wildlife and environmental values, noise, traditional |
| uses of the coastal waters and the safety of persons and |
| property. These recommendations may be submitted only after a |
| public hearing and must include a description of the resources |
| the municipality or municipalities will use to assist with |
| enforcing those recommendations if enacted. For the purposes of |
| this resolve, the term "personal watercraft" has the same meaning |
| as defined in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 12, section 7791, |
| subsection 11-A. |
