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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. MOTORBOATS OPERATING ON LAKE MACBRIDE – 1 2 TEMPORARY. 1 3 1. Notwithstanding section 462A.31, subsection 1, 1 4 paragraph "b", a motorboat equipped with any power unit 1 5 mounted or carried aboard the motorboat may be operated at a 1 6 no-wake speed on lake Macbride. However, the use of jet skis 1 7 and the towing of flotation recreational equipment are 1 8 prohibited on lake Macbride. 1 9 2. This section applies to lake Macbride from May 26, 1 10 2000, through September 4, 2000, both dates inclusive. 1 11 Sec. 2. REPORT ON LAKE MACBRIDE. The department of 1 12 natural resources shall monitor and evaluate the effect of 1 13 section 1 of this Act on recreational boating on lake Macbride 1 14 during the year 2000 and submit a report to the general 1 15 assembly not later than January 15, 2001, regarding the 1 16 evaluation. 1 17 Sec. 3. Section 462A.31, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 1 18 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 19 b. A motorboat equipped with any power unit mounted or 1 20 carried aboard the vessel may be operated at a no-wake speed 1 21 on all artificial lakes of more than one hundred acres in size 1 22 under the custody of the department.However, on lake1 23Macbride, a motorboat with a power unit exceeding ten1 24horsepower may be operated only when permitted by rule and the1 25rule shall not authorize such use during the period beginning1 26on the Friday before Memorial Day and ending on Labor Day1 27inclusively.This paragraph does not limit motorboat 1 28 horsepower on natural lakes under the custody of the 1 29 department or limit the department's authority to establish 1 30 special speed zoning regulations. 1 31 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATES. 1 32 1. Sections 1 and 2 of this Act, being deemed of immediate 1 33 importance, take effect upon enactment. 1 34 2. Section 3 of this Act takes effect May 15, 2001. 1 35 Sec. 5. FUTURE REPEAL. 2 1 1. Section 1 of this Act is repealed effective September 2 2 5, 2000. 2 3 2. Section 2 of this Act is repealed effective January 16, 2 4 2001. 2 5 EXPLANATION 2 6 This bill provides that from May 26, 2000, through 2 7 September 4, 2000, a motorboat equipped with any power unit 2 8 mounted or carried aboard the motorboat may be operated at no- 2 9 wake speed on lake Macbride. However, the use of jet skis and 2 10 the towing of flotation recreational equipment are prohibited 2 11 on lake Macbride. During the year 2000, the department of 2 12 natural resources is directed to monitor and evaluate the 2 13 effect of the unlimited motorboat power units, except jet 2 14 skis, on recreational boating on lake Macbride. The 2 15 department is to report its findings to the general assembly 2 16 not later than January 15, 2001. 2 17 The bill also amends Code section 462A.31, subsection 1, 2 18 paragraph "b", to remove the current restriction that a 2 19 motorboat power unit exceeding 10 horsepower may be operated 2 20 on lake Macbride only when permitted by rule but the rule 2 21 shall not allow such operation during the period beginning on 2 22 the Friday before Memorial Day and ending on Labor Day. 2 23 Effective on May 15, 2001, a motorboat with any power unit may 2 24 be operated at no-wake speed on lake Macbride at any time. 2 25 This provision also applies to all other artificial lakes of 2 26 more than 100 acres in size. 2 27 LSB 5349DP 78 2 28 tj/as/5
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