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:
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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.
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