SF 124 (LSB 2028SS (1) 85)

SENATE FILE 124

BY  HORN

A BILL FOR

An Act allowing the operation of certain motorboats on lake Macbride at any time.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 462A.31, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  A motorboat equipped with any power unit mounted or carried aboard the vessel may be operated at a no-wake speed on all artificial lakes of more than one hundred acres in size under the custody of the department. However, on lake Macbride, a motorboat with a power unit exceeding ten horsepower may be operated only when permitted by rule and the rule shall not authorize such use during the period beginning on the Friday before Memorial Day and ending on Labor Day inclusively. This paragraph does not limit motorboat horsepower on natural lakes under the custody of the department or limit the department’s authority to establish special speed zoning regulations.
EXPLANATION
   This bill amends Code section 462A.31(1)(b) to allow the operation of motorboats with power units exceeding 10 horsepower at any time on lake Macbride.