Maine § 12 §13058 Lake and river protection sticker required

Maine Statutes

§ 12 §13058 — Lake and river protection sticker required

Maine § 12 §13058

Title 12CONSERVATION

Part 13INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE

Ch. 935WATERCRAFT AND AIRMOBILES

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 12 §13058 (2026).

Text

1.Prohibition. A person exempt from the certificate of number requirement pursuant to section 13056, subsection 2, paragraph B may not place or operate a motorboat, personal watercraft or seaplane on the inland waters of the State unless a valid lake and river protection sticker issued annually under subsection 3 is permanently affixed to:

2.Violation. A person who violates subsection 1 is subject to the provisions of this subsection. 2-A. Class E crime. A person who violates subsection 1 after having been adjudicated of having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a Class E crime.

3.Nonresident motorboat and personal watercraft lake and river protection sticker and resident and nonresident seaplane lake and river protection stick

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1.
Prohibition.
A person exempt from the certificate of number requirement pursuant to section 13056, subsection 2, paragraph B may not place or operate a motorboat, personal watercraft or seaplane on the inland waters of the State unless a valid lake and river protection sticker issued annually under subsection 3 is permanently affixed to:
2.
Violation.
A person who violates subsection 1 is subject to the provisions of this subsection.
2-A.
Class E crime.
A person who violates subsection 1 after having been adjudicated of having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a Class E crime.
3.
Nonresident motorboat and personal watercraft lake and river protection sticker and resident and nonresident seaplane lake and river protection sticker; fee.
No later than January 1st of each year, the commissioner shall provide the agents authorized to register watercraft or issue licenses with a sufficient quantity of lake and river protection stickers for motorboats and personal watercraft not registered in the State and for all seaplanes, whether or not registered in the State, for that boating season. The sticker must be in 2 parts so that one part of the sticker can be affixed to each side of the bow of a motorboat or personal watercraft or to each outside edge of a seaplane's pontoons. Prior to January 1, 2020, the fee for a sticker issued under this subsection is $20, $1 of which is retained by the agent who sold the sticker. Beginning January 1, 2020, the fee for a sticker issued under this subsection is $35, $1 of which is retained by the agent who sold the sticker. Beginning January 1, 2022, the fee for a sticker issued under this subsection is $45, $1 of which is retained by the agent who sold the sticker. Beginning January 1, 2025, the fee for a sticker issued under this subsection is $60, $1 of which is retained by the agent who sold the sticker. Beginning January 1, 2028, the fee for a sticker issued under this subsection is $75, $1 of which is retained by the agent who sold the sticker.
4.
Exemption.
A motorboat, personal watercraft or seaplane operating on interstate waters shared with the State of New Hampshire is exempt from subsection 3 if it is displaying a lake and river protection sticker issued by the State of New Hampshire that is equivalent to the lake and river protection sticker issued by the State as long as the State of New Hampshire enacts legislation with substantially the same lake and river protection sticker requirements under this section giving a reciprocal exemption to a motorboat, personal watercraft or seaplane displaying the State's lake and river protection sticker.
The Legislature shall appropriate to the department in each fiscal year an amount equal to the administrative costs incurred by the department in collecting revenue under this section.

Legislative History

PL 2003, c. 414, §A2 (NEW). PL 2003, c. 414, §D7 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 614, §7 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 614, §9 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 627, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 655, §§B362-364 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 655, §B422 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 397, §§E13,14 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 477, §25 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 44, §§4, 5 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 213, Pt. OO, §§16, 17 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 580, §3 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 264, §5 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 638, §3 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 612, §4 (AMD).