Maine Revised Statutes > Title 12 > Part 13 > Subpart 6 > Chapter 933 – General Recreational Vehicle Provisions
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- Adult: means a person who has attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Airmobile: means any vehicle propelled by mechanical power that is designed to travel upon a cushion of air on or within 2 feet of the water or land surface of the earth. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001
- Alpine tundra: means high-elevation, treeless areas beyond the timberline that are dominated by low herbaceous or shrubby vegetation and, specifically, areas that are designated as alpine tundra by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry by rule pursuant to Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001
- antique ATV: means an all-terrain vehicle more than 25 years old that is substantially maintained in its original or restored condition. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001
- Antique snowmobile: means a snowmobile more than 25 years old that is registered as an antique snowmobile under section 13104, subsection 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001
- Aquatic plant: means a plant species that requires a permanently flooded freshwater habitat. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001
- ATV: includes , but is not limited to, a multitrack, multiwheel or low-pressure tire vehicle; a motorcycle or related 2-wheel, 3-wheel or belt-driven vehicle; an amphibious machine; or other means of transportation deriving motive power from a source other than muscle or wind. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001
- Boater safety and education course: means an online or in-person education course that:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001Boater safety and education course certificate: means a certificate or other evidence of completion of a boater safety and education course or an equivalency exam specified or approved by the commissioner pursuant to section 13052, subsection 2. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Bow: means the forward half of a watercraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001 Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant. Cowling: means the forward or rear portion of a snowmobile, usually of fiberglass or similar material, surrounding the motor and clutch assembly. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Crime: means one of the following:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 3360Department: means the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001 Division: means the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Division of Licensing, Registration and Engineering. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Domicile: means the place where a person's true, fixed and permanent home is located. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001 Dwelling: means any building used as a permanent residence or place of domicile. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Eligible expenses and losses: means expenses and losses resulting from a personal injury sustained by an individual as a direct result of a crime specified in subsection 3 and may include medical and medically related expenses, psychological or mental health counseling expenses, lost wages, funeral, burial and other homicide-related expenses and travel expenses and loss of income of a claimant or family member for providing or obtaining care for the personal injury of a minor or incapacitated victim. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Sec. 3360 Federal waters: means all waters that are not internal waters and are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Freshwater marshes and bogs: means naturally occurring open areas with saturated soils or peat, often associated with standing water and dominated by low herbaceous vegetation, grasses, weeds and shrubs and including wetlands, as shown on the Freshwater Wetlands Map Series, Division of Geology, Natural Areas and Coastal Resources, Maine Geological Survey, or zoned as a Wetland Protection Subdistrict, P-WL, by the Maine Land Use Planning Commission. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs. Internal waters: means waters under the exclusive jurisdiction of the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Invasive aquatic plant: means a species of aquatic plant described in Title 38, section 410?N. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Marina or boat yard owner: means a person who owns a facility that leases storage, docking or mooring space to watercraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Motor vehicle: means any motor-driven vehicle, except motorboats. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001 Motorboat: means any watercraft, including airmobiles, equipped with propulsion machinery of any type, whether or not the machinery is the principal source of propulsion, is permanently or temporarily attached or is available for propulsion on the watercraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Motorboat carrying passengers for hire: means a motorboat used for the purpose of carrying a person or persons as passengers for valuable consideration, whether directly or indirectly flowing to the owner, charterer, agent or any other person interested in the watercraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Operation: means the act of operating as defined in subsection 18. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Operator: means the person who is in control or in charge of a watercraft, snowmobile or ATV while it is in use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Owner: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001Passenger: means every person carried on board a watercraft other than:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001Person: means a human being or an organization. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001 Personal watercraft: includes , but is not limited to, a jet ski, wet bike, surf jet and miniature speedboat. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Protective headgear: means a helmet that conforms with minimum standards of construction and performance as prescribed by the American National Standards Institute specification Z90. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Recreational boating: means operating a motorboat primarily for the operator's pleasure or leasing, renting or chartering a motorboat to another person for the other person's pleasure. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Snowmobile: means a vehicle propelled by mechanical power that is primarily designed to travel over ice or snow and is supported in part by skis, belts or cleats. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 State of principal use: means the state on whose waters a watercraft is used or to be used most during a calendar year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Use: means , with respect to watercraft, operate, navigate or employ. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Victim advocate: work with prosecutors and assist the victims of a crime. Water safety zone: means the area of water within 200 feet of shoreline, whether the shoreline of the mainland or of an island. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Watercraft: means any type of vessel, boat, canoe or craft capable of being used as a means of transportation on water, other than a seaplane, including motors, electronic and mechanical equipment and other machinery, whether permanently or temporarily attached, that are customarily used in the operations of the watercraft. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Waters of this State: means all internal waters and all federal waters within the jurisdiction of the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 13001 Wildlife: includes wild animals and wild birds. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 12 Sec. 10001