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LD 647 Title Page An Act To Prohibit Personal Watercraft on Lake St. George in the Town of Libert... Page 2 of 2
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7035, sub-§1, ¶B, as amended by PL 1993, c. 265, §1,
is further amended to read:

 
B. A municipality or political subdivision of the State
may not enact any ordinance, law or rule regulating the
hunting, trapping or fishing for any species of fish or
wildlife; the operation, registration or numbering of
watercraft or snowmobiles; or any other subject matter of
chapter 715, subchapters I 1 and II 2. For purposes of
this paragraph, except as provided in subparagraphs (3)
and (4), the regulation of fishing includes the regulation
of ice fishing shacks. Nothing in this paragraph may be
construed to prohibit the following:

 
(1) The enactment of any ordinance generally
regulating the discharge of firearms in a
municipality or any part of a municipality;

 
(2) The adoption of rules as authorized in section
7792;

 
(3) The enactment of any ordinance regulating ice
fishing shacks on sources of public water supply as
provided under Title 22, section 2642; or

 
(4) The enactment of any ordinance regulating ice
fishing shacks on coastal waters as defined in
section 6001, subsection 6.; or

 
(5) The enactment of an ordinance relating to the use
of personal watercraft on Lake St. George pursuant to
section 7807.

 
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §7807 is enacted to read:

 
§7807.__Regulation of personal watercraft on Lake St. George

 
1. Authority.__ The Town of Liberty may prohibit the use of
personal watercraft on Lake St. George in the Town of Liberty
if the Town of Liberty:

 
A. Holds a public hearing on the issue;

 
B. Votes at a town meeting to prohibit the use of personal
watercraft on Lake St. George and to implement an
enforcement plan; and

 
C. Submits an enforcement plan to the department for
comments and review.


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