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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 462A.31, subsection 1, paragraph b, 1 2 Code 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 b. A motorboat equipped with any power unit mounted or 1 4 carried aboard the vessel may be operated at a no-wake speed 1 5 on all artificial lakes of more than one hundred acres in size 1 6 under the custody of the department. However, onBig Creek1 7lake andlake Macbride, a motorboat with a power unit 1 8 exceeding ten horsepower may be operated only when permitted 1 9 by rule and the rule shall not authorize such use during the 1 10 period beginning on the Friday before Memorial Day and ending 1 11 on Labor Day inclusively. This paragraph does not limit 1 12 motorboat horsepower on natural lakes under the custody of the 1 13 department or limit the department's authority to establish 1 14 special speed zoning regulations. 1 15 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 1 16 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 17 EXPLANATION 1 18 This bill strikes rule-making authority of the department 1 19 of natural resources or the natural resource commission to 1 20 regulate the operation of motorboats with more than 10 1 21 horsepower differently on Big Creek Lake than on other 1 22 artificial lakes. Currently, on Big Creek Lake and Lake 1 23 Macbride, motorboats with more than 10 horsepower may be 1 24 operated only when authorized by rule, but not during a period 1 25 between the Friday before Memorial Day and ending on Labor 1 26 Day. The rule relating to motor horsepower will apply to Lake 1 27 Macbride only. 1 28 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 1 29 LSB 3756SV 76 1 30 tj/jj/8
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