Senate File 185 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  JOHNSON


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to boat speed restrictions on waters under the
  2    jurisdiction of the natural resource commission, and providing
  3    penalties.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 462A.26, subsection 3, paragraphs a and
  1  2 b, Code 2005, are amended to read as follows:
  1  3    a.  On all waters under the jurisdiction of the commission:
  1  4    (1)  A motorboat shall not be operated at speeds a speed
  1  5 greater than five miles per hour when within one hundred fifty
  1  6 feet of another craft traveling at five miles per hour or
  1  7 less.
  1  8    (2)  Motorboats shall maintain a minimum passing or meeting
  1  9 distance of fifty feet when both boats are traveling at speeds
  1 10 greater than five miles per hour.
  1 11    (3)  (2)  A motorboat shall not be operated at a speed
  1 12 exceeding ten greater than five miles per hour unless vision
  1 13 is unobstructed at a distance of at least two hundred feet
  1 14 ahead in all directions.
  1 15    b.  On all inland lakes and federal impoundments under the
  1 16 jurisdiction of the commission.,
  1 17    A a motorboat shall not be operated within three hundred
  1 18 feet of shore at a speed greater than ten five miles per hour.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill relates to restrictions on boat speeds on waters
  1 21 under the jurisdiction of the natural resource commission.
  1 22    The bill amends Code section 462A.26 to provide that on all
  1 23 waters under the jurisdiction of the commission a motorboat
  1 24 shall not be operated at speeds greater than five miles per
  1 25 hour when within 150 feet of another craft and unless vision
  1 26 is unobstructed at a distance of at least 200 feet in all
  1 27 directions.
  1 28    The bill also amends Code section 462A.26 to provide that
  1 29 on all inland lakes and federal impoundments under the
  1 30 jurisdiction of the commission a motor boat shall not be
  1 31 operated within 300 feet of shore at a speed greater than five
  1 32 miles per hour.
  1 33    A violation of these provisions is punishable by a
  1 34 scheduled fine of $20.
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