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An Act To Allow Condominium and Homeowners Associations To Establish Swim Areas
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §1900, sub-§1, ¶A-1  is enacted to read:
 
A-1.  "Common interest development" means a homeowners association, unit owners association or condominium owners association.
Sec. 2. 12 MRSA §1900, sub-§1, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 312, §1, is amended to read:
 
C. "Qualified entity" means a common interest development, camping area, recreational camp or governmental entity or governmentally sponsored group.
Sec. 3. 12 MRSA §1900, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2009, c. 312, §1, is amended to read:
 
4. Issuance of permit.   The director may issue a permit only to a qualified entity to establish and maintain a developed swim area within the water safety zone designed to provide recreational swimming opportunities for the public or, in the case of a common interest development, to provide recreational swimming opportunities for members of the common interest development.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows homeowners associations, unit owners associations and condominium owners associations to be issued a permit by the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands within the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry to establish developed swim areas.