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An Act To Improve the Water Quality of Hall Pond in Paris
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13068-A, sub-§16, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §380 and affected by §422, is amended to read:
 
A. A person may not:
 
(1) Operate a motorboat on that portion of Portage Lake in Township T. 13, R. 6, W.E.L.S., County of Aroostook, known as the Floating Island Area, north and westerly of a line beginning at the eastern edge of the marshy peninsula running out from Hutchinson Ridge, running 50 yards outside of the floating islands in a northerly direction to the mouth of Mosquito Brook;
 
(2) Operate a motorboat on Quimby Pond in the Town of Rangeley, Franklin County;
 
(3) Operate a motorboat upon the waters of Jerry Pond, so called, situated within the boundaries, or having a shore line abutting, the incorporated municipality of Millinocket and the unincorporated Townships being T.1, R. 7 and T.A., R. 7, all in Penobscot County;
 
(4) Operate a motorboat on Upper and Lower Ox Brook Lakes in the Towns of T. 6 ND, T. 6 RI and Talmadge in Washington County;
 
(5) Operate a motorboat on Little Nesowadnehunk (Sournahunk) Lake, in T. 5, R. 11, Piscataquis County;
 
(6) Operate a motorboat having more than 10 horsepower on Eagle Lake and Jordan Pond, Mt. Desert Island, Hancock County and Long Pond, T.E. and T. D., Franklin County;
 
(7) Operate a motorboat on a body of water commonly known as and referred to in the Dunham-Davee Work Plan as Snow's Pond, situated west of Route 7 in the Town of Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County;
 
(8) Operate a motorboat having more than 6 horsepower on Long Pond, Town of Denmark, Oxford County;
 
(9) Operate a motorboat on Lily Pond, Edgecomb, Lincoln County;
 
(10) Operate a motorboat powered by an internal combustion engine on Nokomis Pond, situated in the Towns of Newport and Palmyra, Penobscot County;
 
(11) Operate a motorboat in Merrymeeting Bay at a speed in excess of 10 miles per hour, except within the confines of the buoyed channels;
 
(12) Operate a motorboat equipped with an internal combustion engine on the following waters on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County: Witch Hole Pond; Aunt Betty's Pond; Bubble Pond; Round Pond; and Lake Wood;
 
(13) Operate a motorboat equipped with a motor greater than 10 horsepower on Upper Hadlock Pond or Lower Hadlock Pond on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County;
 
(14) Operate a personal watercraft in violation of section 685-C, subsection 10 or any rule adopted by the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission to implement that subsection;
 
(15) Operate a watercraft at greater than headway speed on any area of Torsey Lake within 1/2 mile from the boat launch on Desert Pond Road in the Town of Mount Vernon;
 
(16) Operate a watercraft at greater than headway speed on any area of Torsey Lake within 1/2 mile from the boat launch on Old Kents Hill Road in the Town of Readfield;
 
(17) Operate a watercraft equipped with a motor greater than 10 horsepower on Cold Rain Pond in the Town of Naples or on Holt Pond in the Town of Naples and the Town of Bridgton;
 
(18) Operate a watercraft equipped with a motor greater than 5 horsepower on Moose Pond in the Town of Otisfield;
 
(19) Operate a watercraft at greater than headway speed on any area of Pickerel Pond in the Town of Wayne;
 
(20) Operate a motorboat having more than 10 horsepower on Middle Branch Pond in the Town of Waterboro in York County;
 
(21) Operate a motorboat having more than 10 horsepower on Adams Pond, Foster Pond or Otter Pond in the Town of Bridgton in Cumberland County; or
 
(22) Operate a motorboat having more than 10 horsepower on Pickerel Pond in the territory of T.32 MD in Hancock County.; or
 
(23) Operate a motorboat on Hall Pond in the Town of Paris in Oxford County.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §13071-A, sub-§4, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 655, Pt. B, §384 and affected by §422, is amended to read:
 
A. A person may not operate a personal watercraft on:
 
(1) Mud Pond, Oversett Pond, South Pond, Round Pond, Twitchell Pond, Hicks Pond, Indian Pond or Furlong Pond in the Town of Greenwood in Oxford County;
 
(2) North Pond or Bryant Pond, also known as Christopher Lake, in the Town of Greenwood and the Town of Woodstock in Oxford County;
 
(3) Concord Pond, Little Concord Pond or Shagg Pond in the Town of Woodstock in Oxford County;
 
(4) Hamilton Pond in Bar Harbor in Hancock County;
 
(5) Bog Lake or Horseshoe Lake in the Town of Northfield in Washington County;
 
(6) Megunticook Lake in the Town of Camden and the Town of Hope in Knox County and the Town of Lincolnville in Waldo County;
 
(7) Hobbs Pond, Fish Pond or Alford Lake in the Town of Hope in Knox County;
 
(8) Norton Pond or Coleman Pond in the Town of Lincolnville in Waldo County;
 
(9) Pitcher Pond in the Town of Lincolnville and the Town of Northport in Waldo County;
 
(10) Torsey Lake in the Town of Mount Vernon and the Town of Readfield in Kennebec County;
 
(11) Trickey Pond in the Town of Naples in Cumberland County;
 
(12) Brandy Pond in the Town of Naples in Cumberland County between sunset and 9:00 a.m.;
 
(13) Fulton Lake in the Town of Northfield in Washington County;
 
(14) Knight Pond in the Town of Northport in Waldo County;
 
(15) Moose Pond or Saturday Pond in the Town of Otisfield in Oxford County;
 
(16) Tripp Pond, Upper Range Pond or Middle Range Pond in the Town of Poland in Androscoggin County;
 
(17) Keewaydin Lake, Virginia Lake, Trout Pond, Weymouth Pond or Whitney Pond in the Town of Stoneham in Oxford County;
 
(18) Lermond Pond in the Town of Union and the Town of Hope in Knox County;
 
(19) Pocasset Lake or Pickerel Pond in the Town of Wayne in Kennebec County;
 
(20) Androscoggin Lake in the Town of Wayne in Kennebec County and the Town of Leeds in Androscoggin County;
 
(21) Little Cobbosseecontee Lake in the Town of Winthrop in Kennebec County;
 
(22) Somes Pond in the Town of Mount Desert;
 
(23) Long Pond in the Town of Mount Desert and the Town of Southwest Harbor;
 
(24) Little Long Pond in the Town of Mount Desert;
 
(25) Meetinghouse Pond, Big Pond, Wat Tuh Lake, Center Pond and Silver Lake, also known as Silver Pond, in the Town of Phippsburg in Sagadahoc County;
 
(26) South Branch Lake in the Plantation of Seboeis and the Township of T2 R8 NWP in Penobscot County;
 
(27) Spring Lake in Spring Lake Township in Somerset County;
 
(28) Kennebago Lake and Kennebago River in Davis Township and Stetsontown Township in Franklin County;
 
(29) Nicatous Lake in the Townships of T40 MD, T41 MD and T3 ND in Hancock County;
 
(30) Crystal Lake in the Town of Washington in Knox County;
 
(31) Middle Branch Pond in the Town of Waterboro in York County;
 
(32) Highland Lake or Woods Pond in the Town of Bridgton in Cumberland County if the personal watercraft is rented and does not display a decal identifying the rental agency that owns the personal watercraft; or
 
(33) Lake St. George in the Town of Liberty.; or
 
(34) Hall Pond in the Town of Paris in Oxford County.
Sec. 3.  12 MRSA §13106-A, sub-§27  is enacted to read:
 
27.  Operating snowmobile on Hall Pond; prohibition.     A person may not operate a snowmobile on Hall Pond in the Town of Paris in Oxford County.
 
A.  A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.
 
B.  A person who violates this subsection after having been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a Class E crime.
Sec. 4.  12 MRSA §13157-A, sub-§28  is enacted to read:
 
28.  Operating ATV on Hall Pond prohibited.     A person may not operate an ATV on Hall Pond in the Town of Paris in Oxford County.
 
A.  A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500 may be adjudged.
 
B.  A person who violates this subsection after having been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a Class E crime.
 
SUMMARY
This bill prohibits the operation of all motorboats, snowmobiles, ATVs and personal watercraft on Hall Pond in the Town of Paris.