House File 2293 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2293 BY RUNNING-MARQUARDT A BILL FOR An Act exempting certain boat harbors from certain dock 1 requirements and including effective date provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5824HH (3) 83 av/sc
H.F. 2293 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 462A.27A Dock requirements —— 1 exemptions. 2 1. Holders of class I, II, and III permits for docks in 3 a boat harbor located on the Cedar river in a city with a 4 population of more than one hundred twenty-five thousand 5 located in a county with a population of more than two hundred 6 thousand that meet other standard dock requirements but use 7 containers not originally manufactured as flotation devices, 8 shall be authorized by the department to continue to use such 9 containers as flotation devices if the containers were in use 10 on or before the effective date of this Act. 11 2. Current holders of a class I, II, or III dock permit 12 in a boat harbor located on the Cedar river in a city with 13 a population of more than one hundred twenty-five thousand 14 located in a county with a population of more than two 15 hundred thousand as of the effective date of this Act shall be 16 authorized by the department to transfer the permit to a child 17 of the current permit holder and the child of a current permit 18 holder may renew the permit for additional terms so long as 19 all requirements to hold a dock permit are met. A child of a 20 current permit holder to whom the permit is transferred shall 21 be subject to the provisions of subsection 1. 22 3. If a holder of a class I, II, or III permit for a dock 23 in a boat harbor located on the Cedar river in a city with 24 a population of more than one hundred twenty-five thousand 25 located in a county with a population of more than two hundred 26 thousand does not renew the permit or transfer the permit to 27 the holder’s child as provided in subsection 2, the department 28 shall make the permit available for purchase by a member of the 29 general public. However, a member of the general public who 30 purchases a permit pursuant to this subsection shall meet all 31 requirements of the department to hold a dock permit and is not 32 subject to the provisions of subsection 1. 33 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 34 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 35 -1- LSB 5824HH (3) 83 av/sc 1/ 2
H.F. 2293 EXPLANATION 1 This bill allows holders of class I, II, and III permits 2 for docks in a boat harbor located on the Cedar river in a city 3 with a population of more than 125,000 located in a county with 4 a population of more than 200,000 that meet other standard dock 5 requirements but use containers not originally manufactured as 6 flotation devices to continue to use such containers if the 7 containers were in use on or before the effective date of the 8 bill. 9 The bill also allows current holders of class I, II, and III 10 dock permits in a boat harbor located on the Cedar river in a 11 city with a population of more than 125,000 located in a county 12 with a population of more than 200,000 as of the effective 13 date of the bill to transfer their dock permits to their 14 children and allows those children to renew the permits for 15 additional terms so long as requirements to hold a dock permit 16 are met. A child of a current permit holder to whom a permit is 17 transferred shall be subject to the provisions of subsection 1. 18 The bill also provides that if a holder of a dock permit 19 does not renew the permit or transfer the permit to the 20 holder’s child, the department of natural resources shall 21 make the permit available for purchase by a member of the 22 general public. However, a member of the general public who 23 purchases such a permit is not subject to the exemption from 24 dock requirements contained in subsection 1 of the bill. 25 The bill is effective upon enactment. 26 -2- LSB 5824HH (3) 83 av/sc 2/ 2