U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Office of Government Affairs
Maine
Area Coordinator:
Stu Soffer, N-LAE
State Liaison:
Robert Johnson
Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Coast Guard Auxiliary District: 1NR
Coast Guard District: 1st
Second Quarter Report, 2009:
LD1204, a youth boating education bill, was discussed in committee, with testimony from the Inland Fisheries Department. The bill was sent back to the Inland Fisheries Department for revision and adding of mandatory boater education for all boaters born after 1992 for all boats including paddle craft. The Maine Inland Fisheries Department has not shown much interest in any such bill. Since the Inland Fisheries Dept. is now responsible for this bill, including input from the USCG Auxiliary and the U.S. Power Squadrons, timely action on this bill is not anticipated