Sec. 20. 12 MRSA §12955, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by c. 614, §9, is amended to read:

3. Expiration. All licenses issued under this section are valid for a period commencing September August 1st and ending December 31st of the year in which the license is issued.

Sec. 21. 12 MRSA §13058, sub-§1, as repealed and replaced by PL 2005, c. 397, Pt. E, §13, is amended to read:

1. Prohibition. A person may not place or operate a motorboat or personal watercraft on the inland waters of the State unless a valid lake and river protection sticker issued annually under subsection 3 is permanently affixed to each side of the bow above the water line and approximately 3 inches behind the validation sticker required under section 13056. This sticker is nontransferable.

Sec. 22. 16 MRSA §357, last ¶, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 791, §3, is amended to read:

Notwithstanding this section, the result of a laboratory or any other test kept by a hospital or other medical facility, which that reflects blood-alcohol concentration, shall may not be excluded as evidence in a criminal or civil proceeding by reason of any claim of confidentiality or privilege and may be admitted provided that the result is relevant and reliable evidence if the proceeding is one in which the operator of a motor vehicle, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle or watercraft is alleged to have operated under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, and the court is satisfied that probable cause exists to believe that the operator committed the offense charged.

SUMMARY

This bill makes the following numerous changes to fisheries and wildlife laws including:

1. It changes the State Government Evaluation Act review for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife from 2005 to 2007;