Senate File 2141 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2141 BY HORN A BILL FOR An Act relating to the operation of motorboats on artificial 1 lakes in the state, and including effective date provisions. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5876SS (2) 84 av/sc

S.F. 2141 Section 1. Section 462A.31, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 1 2011, is amended to read as follows: 2 b. A motorboat equipped with any power unit mounted 3 or carried aboard the vessel may be operated at a no-wake 4 five-mile-per-hour speed on all artificial lakes of more than 5 one hundred acres in size under the custody of the department. 6 However, on lake Macbride, a motorboat with a power unit 7 exceeding ten horsepower may be operated only when permitted 8 by rule and the rule shall not authorize such use during the 9 period beginning on the Friday before Memorial Day and ending 10 on Labor Day inclusively. This paragraph does not limit 11 motorboat horsepower on natural lakes under the custody of the 12 department or limit the department’s authority to establish 13 special speed zoning regulations. 14 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 15 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 16 EXPLANATION 17 This bill provides that a motorboat may be operated at 18 a five-mile-per-hour speed on all artificial lakes of more 19 than 100 acres in size under the custody of the department of 20 natural resources. Currently, the speed limit for such lakes 21 is no-wake speed. 22 The bill also strikes a provision limiting the use of motors 23 exceeding 10 horsepower on lake Macbride during specified dates 24 during the summer. 25 The bill is effective upon enactment. 26 -1- LSB 5876SS (2) 84 av/sc 1/ 1