§201-14  Consolidated film permitprocessing.  (a)  The department shall consult with state and countyagencies in order to identify sites that can be used for making visuallyrecorded productions under terms and conditions as may be determined by the stateor county agency having jurisdiction over the sites.

(b)  The department may accept an applicationfrom any person who proposes to make a motion picture, television show,television commercial, or other visually recorded production at one or moresites on state or county lands, whether or not set aside under section 171-11.

(c)  The applicant shall identify the sites tobe covered by the permit and provide other information as may be required bythe department.

(d)  The department may approve and issue apermit to film at any of the sites identified by the appropriate state orcounty agency under subsection (a).  If any site requested for use by theapplicant is not identified under subsection (a), the department shall consultwith the appropriate state or county agency having jurisdiction over the siteto obtain a permit.  If the matter of a permit cannot be resolved in thismanner, the department shall refer the application to the appropriate state orcounty agency to obtain a permit.

(e)  The department is authorized to makechanges to, and extensions of, any approved permits so long as the changes andextensions do not conflict with the policies, terms, and conditions set forthby the agency having jurisdiction over the site in question.

(f)  The department may establish memoranda ofagreement or adopt rules to implement the intent and purposes of this section.

(g)  Nothing in this section shall be construedas waiving the authority of any county or the department of transportation ofthe State to require a person to obtain a permit from the department or countywhere the production takes place on or from a public highway.

(h)  A vessel engaged in temporary use for filmproduction purposes in accordance with a film permit issued by the department shallnot be considered to be a "commercial vessel" within the meaning ofsection 200-9, 200-10, or 200-39; provided that:

(1)  The period of temporary use does not exceedfourteen hours per day, five days per week, excluding weekends, and for aperiod not to exceed thirty calendar days; and

(2)  The department may make allowances to includeweekends for film production purposes due to inclement weather conditionsduring the weekday period. [L 1987, c 357, §1; am L 1997, c 298, §1]