An Act To Provide the Portland Harbor Commission with the Authority To Arrest
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. P&SL 1981, c. 98, §6, first sentence, as amended by P&SL 1993, c. 34, §2, is further amended to read:
The commission shall from time to time adopt such rules as it considers necessary and proper, not inconsistent with law, for keeping open convenient channels for the passage of vessels, promoting navigational safety in the waters under its control, protecting public safety and protecting persons having riparian rights, including, without limitation, procedures, standards and fees, and subject to the provisions of section 5, subsection 1 of this Act for the issuance of permits to build or extend wharves and other structures or to fill or excavate; to limit the speed of vessels within the harbor; to permit moorings; and to cause the removal of derelict and abandoned vessels.
Sec. 2. P&SL 1981, c. 98, §7, sub-§2, first sentence is amended to read:
The harbor master or his the harbor master's deputies shall cause any vessel or vessels anchoring or mooring within the channel lines established by the commission or anchoring in such a manner that any portion of the hull, spars or booms extend extends beyond the lines, due to tide or wind, or which that the harbor master finds in any way obstructing the free movement or anchorage or mooring of vessels in any part of the harbor, to move to such an anchorage or mooring area as he the harbor master designates for that purpose, and enjoy have all the authority conferred upon and are subject to all the duties and liabilities of harbor masters under the provisions of the general law, except the power to arrest.
Effective September 17, 2005.
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