130th MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2021
Legislative Document No. 394
H.P. 278 House of Representatives, February 10, 2021
An Act To Protect Maine's Loons and Other Wildlife in the Issuance
of a Permit To Hold a Regatta, Race or Boat or Water-ski
Exhibition
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 8, 2021. Referred to the Committee on
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant to Joint
Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative ORDWAY of Standish.
Printed on recycled paper
 1 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2 Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §13061, sub-§4, ¶A-1 is enacted to read:
3 A-1. The person obtaining the permit under subsection 2 shall provide reasonable
4 protection, as prescribed by the commissioner, for wildlife, wildlife habitat and water
5 quality and shall take reasonable precautions to safeguard wildlife, wildlife habitat and
6 water quality.
7 SUMMARY
8 This bill requires a person obtaining a permit to hold a regatta, race, boat exhibition or
9 water ski exhibition to provide protection, as prescribed by the Commissioner of Inland
10 Fisheries and Wildlife, for wildlife, wildlife habitat and water quality.
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