SECTION 1.  Section eleven of chapter ninety B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1996 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following paragraph:—(p) Adopt rules and regulations governing commercial whitewater rafting on the rivers and streams of the commonwealth.

SECTION 2. Section fourteen of chapter ninety B of the General Laws, is hereby amended by inserting the following paragraph:—(d) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this section, whoever violates any rule or regulation of the director promulgated under authority of section eleven shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

SECTION 3. Section ten H of chapter twenty-one A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out lines 14-17 and inserting in place thereof the following new paragraph:— A person notified to appear before the clerk of a district court as provided in section ten G for violation of subsections (b), (c) and (e) of section eight, section nine A or eleven of chapter ninety B, or the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to section eleven, may so appear within the time specified and pay a fine of one hundred dollars.