Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §7363, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 730, §2 and affected by §22, is further amended to read:

2. Affiliated outfitter. "Affiliated outfitter" means:

A. Any An outfitter who operates a whitewater trip on a river and owns directly, indirectly or through a chain of successive ownership 10% or more of the financial interest in any other outfitter who operates a whitewater trip on that river;

B. Any An outfitter who operates a whitewater trip on a river, 10% or more of whose financial interests are owned directly or indirectly or through a chain of successive ownership by any other outfitter who operates a whitewater trip on that river;

C. Any An outfitter who operates a whitewater trip on a river, 10% or more of whose financial interests are owned directly or indirectly or through a chain of successive ownership by a person who owns 10% or more of the financial interest in another outfitter who operates a whitewater trip on that river; or

D. Any An outfitter who, in the year 1982 or thereafter operates a whitewater trip on a river and:

(1) Purchases, leases, borrows, accepts, receives or otherwise obtains on a nonarms-length basis from another whitewater outfitter who operates a whitewater trip on that river, either directly or indirectly, more than 1/2 of its real or personal property; or

(2) Receives from another outfitter who operates a whitewater trip on that river on a nonarms-length basis more than 1/2 of the ordinary services related to the business of whitewater outfitting, including, but not limited to, mail, telephone, reservations, repair, maintenance, personnel training and management.

A person may not be found to be an affiliated outfitter solely because of blood relationship, marriage or previous employment. An outfitter who purchases the business of another outfitter whose license has been returned to the department as provided in section 7365, subsection 6, has 60 days from the date of sale to submit an affidavit applying for the selling outfitter's allocation, assuring that the level and quality of services of the selling outfitter will be maintained. If the department