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2009 Maine Code
TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION
Chapter 1: OPERATION OF VESSELS
- Title 38, Chapter 1: OPERATION OF VESSELS
Subchapter 1: HARBOR MASTERS
- 38 §1. Appointment; compensation
- 38 §1-A. Training
- 38 §2. Rules for channel lines; enforcement
- 38 §3. Mooring sites
- 38 §3-A. Mooring transfer permitted by ordinance
- 38 §4. Neglecting to remove or replace moorings
- 38 §5. Removal of vessels obstructing anchorage
- 38 §6. Power to arrest for assault
- 38 §7. Relation to other laws
- 38 §7-A. Waiting lists; nonresident moorings
- 38 §8. Waiting list
- 38 §9. Abandonment of watercraft
- 38 §10. Harbor master liability
- 38 §11. Definitions
- 38 §12. Violation of subchapter
- 38 §13. Failure to obey orders of harbormasters Subchapter 2: PORT WARDENS
- 38 §41. Election; qualifications; term; removal; vacancies; records
- 38 §42. Duties; vessels arriving
- 38 §43. -- distressed vessels
- 38 §44. -- wrecked or damaged vessels
- 38 §45. Fees
- 38 §46. Jurisdiction; impersonation; penalty Subchapter 3: PILOTS
- 38 §81. Appointment; bond (REPEALED)
- 38 §82. Duties (REPEALED)
- 38 §83. Fees; complaints; suspension or removal (REPEALED)
- 38 §84. Liability for damage (REPEALED)
- 38 §85. Declaration of policy
- 38 §85-A. Definitions (REPEALED)
- 38 §85-B. Definitions
- 38 §86. Vessels required to take pilot
- 38 §86-A. Jurisdiction over coastal waters and rivers
- 38 §87. Vessels exempt (REPEALED)
- 38 §87-A. Exceptions
- 38 §88. Piloting without license
- 38 §89. Maine Pilotage Commission members
- 38 §90. Duties of commission
- 38 §90-A. Reports; liaison; limitations
- 38 §90-B. Budget
- 38 §90-C. Employees
- 38 §91. Qualifications of licensees
- 38 §92. Duration and renewal of licenses
- 38 §93. License fees
- 38 §94. Accounts of fees; payments to commission (REPEALED)
- 38 §95. Pilot's bond (REPEALED)
- 38 §96. Lawful compensation
- 38 §97. Authority of pilots
- 38 §98. Commissions prohibited
- 38 §99. Grounds for disciplinary action
- 38 §99-A. Pilot liability
- 38 §100. Notice of hearing on complaint
- 38 §100-A. Confidentiality of complaints and investigative records
- 38 §101. Surrender of revoked or suspended license
- 38 §102. Reinstatement following suspension
- 38 §103. Lapsed
- 38 §104. Appeals from commission
- 38 §105. Pilots currently serving (REPEALED)
- 38 §106. Disposition of fees Subchapter 4: LIGHTERS AND HARBORS
- 38 §121. Marking; inspection and renewal
- 38 §122. Use without marks or false marks; penalty
- 38 §123. Appointment of inspectors; fees; remarking of boats
- 38 §124. Unlawful disposal or taking of ballast Subchapter 5: SHIP OWNERS
- 38 §161. Liability to freighters
- 38 §162. Charterer deemed owner; responsibility to real owner Subchapter 6: WATERCRAFT REGISTRATION AND SAFETY Article 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 38 §201. Definitions (REPEALED)
- 38 §202. Local regulation prohibited (REPEALED)
- 38 §203. Disposition of fines and fees; Watercraft Fund (REPEALED)
- 38 §204. Certificate of bureau head and bureau director admissible in evidence (REPEALED)
- 38 §205. Enforcement (REPEALED)
- 38 §206. Penalties (REPEALED) Article 2: CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
- 38 §231. Bureau of Watercraft Registration and Safety (REPEALED)
- 38 §232. Regulations; force of law; penalties (REPEALED)
- 38 §233. Certificate required; display of numbers and validation stickers (REPEALED)
- 38 §234. Application and issuance; fees (REPEALED)
- 38 §235. Notice of destruction, abandonment, removal, transfer of ownership, change of address (REPEALED)
- 38 §236. Motorboats carrying passengers for hire (REPEALED)
- 38 §237. Operation of watercraft (REPEALED)
- 38 §238. Safety equipment and regattas (REPEALED)
- 38 §239. Accidents (REPEALED)
- 38 §240. Restrictions on power boats; Portage Lake and Quimby Pond (REPEALED)
- 38 §241. -- Jerry Pond (REPEALED)
- 38 §242. -- Ox Brook Lake (REPEALED)
- 38 §243. -- Nesowadnehunk (Sourdnahunk) Lake (REPEALED)
- 38 §244. -- Eagle Lake, Jordan Pond and Long Pond; use of power boats (REPEALED)
- 38 §245. -- Snow's Pond; use of power boats (REPEALED)
- 38 §246. -- Long Pond, Oxford County (REPEALED)
- 38 §247. -- Lily Pond; use of power boats (REPEALED) Subchapter 7: OPERATING RESTRICTIONS
- 38 §281. Speed restrictions
- 38 §282. Endangering persons or property
- 38 §283. Operating recklessly
- 38 §284. Operation under influence of drugs or liquor
- 38 §285. Enforcement of operating restrictions Subchapter 8: PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR BOATS
- 38 §321. Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands; duties (REPEALED)
- 38 §321-A. Powers (REPEALED)
- 38 §322. Boating Facilities Fund (REPEALED)
- 38 §323. Fees (REPEALED)
- 38 §324. Leases (REPEALED)
- 38 §325. Grants-in-aid (REPEALED)
- 38 §326. Violation of rules and regulations (REPEALED)
- 38 §327. District and Superior Courts have concurrent jurisdiction (REPEALED)
- 38 §328. Real estate acquired subject to Mill Act (REPEALED)
- 38 §329. Penalties (REPEALED)
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