Sec. 1. 10 MRSA c. 204-C is enacted to read:

CHAPTER 204-C

INBOARD MOTORBOAT WARRANTIES

§1199.__Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1. Consumer. "Consumer" means the purchaser, other than for purposes of resale, or the lessee, of an inboard motorboat, any person to whom the inboard motorboat is registered during the duration of an express warranty applicable to the boat and any other person entitled by the terms of the warranty to enforce the obligations of the warranty, except that the term "consumer" does not include any governmental entity, or any business or commercial enterprise that registers 3 or more inboard motorboats.

2.__Dealer.__"Dealer" means any person who sells or solicits or advertises the sale of new or used inboard motorboats or engines for inboard motorboats.

3.__Distributor or wholesaler.__"Distributor" or "wholesaler" means any person who sells or distributes new or used inboard motorboats or engines for inboard motorboats to watercraft dealers or who maintains distributor representatives within this State.

4.__Franchisee.__"Franchisee" means a watercraft or inboard motorboat dealer to whom a franchise is offered or granted.

5.__Inboard motorboat.__"Inboard motorboat" means any motorized boat that is powered by a permanently attached engine or motor that is not mounted on the transom of the boat.

6.__Manufacturer.__"Manufacturer" means any person, partnership, firm, association, corporation or trust, resident or nonresident, that manufacturers or assembles new inboard motorboats or engines for inboard motorboats, or imports for distribution through distributors of watercraft, or any partnership, firm, association, joint venture, corporation or trust, resident or nonresident, that is controlled by the manufacturer.__"Manufacturer" includes the terms "distributor" and "wholesaler."