Sec. 55. 38 MRSA §423, as amended by PL 2003, c. 277, §3 and repealed and replaced by c. 452, Pt. W, §6 and affected by Pt. X, §2, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

§423. Discharge of waste from watercraft

1.__Discharge from watercraft prohibited.__A person, firm, corporation or other legal entity may not discharge, spill or permit to be discharged sewage, septic fluids, garbage or other pollutants from watercraft:

A.__Into inland waters of the State;

B.__On the ice of inland waters of the State; or

C.__On the banks of inland waters of the State in a manner that the pollutants may fall or be washed into the waters or in a manner in which the drainage from the banks may flow into the waters.

2.__Holding tank required.__A person, firm, corporation or other legal entity may not operate upon the inland waters of the State a watercraft that has a permanently installed sanitary waste disposal system if it does not have securely affixed to the interior discharge opening of the sanitary waste disposal system a holding tank or suitable container for holding sanitary waste material so as to prevent its discharge or drainage into the inland waters of the State.

3.__Watercraft defined.__For the purposes of this section, "watercraft" has the same meaning as provided in Title 12, section 13001, subsection 28, except that "watercraft" includes houseboats.

Sec. 56. Effective date. That section of this Act that repeals and replaces the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 423 takes effect July 1, 2004.

Sec. 57. 38 MRSA §480-F, sub-§1, ¶F, as repealed and replaced by PL 1997, c. 364, §19, is amended to read: