House File 73 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  MAY


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the speed of a motorboat operated near shore
  2    on certain waters.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1364YH 82
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 462A.26, subsection 3, paragraph b,
  1  2 Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  On all inland lakes and federal impoundments under the
  1  4 jurisdiction of the commission.
  1  5    A a motorboat shall not be operated within three hundred
  1  6 feet of shore at a speed greater than ten five miles per hour.
  1  7                           EXPLANATION
  1  8    This bill provides that a motorboat shall not be operated
  1  9 within 300 feet of shore on any inland lake or federal
  1 10 impoundment under the jurisdiction of the natural resource
  1 11 commission at a speed greater than five miles per hour.
  1 12 Currently, the permitted speed of operation near shore is 10
  1 13 miles per hour.
  1 14    A violation of this provision is punishable by a scheduled
  1 15 fine of $20.
  1 16 LSB 1364YH 82
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