H.F. 2374 Section 1. Section 462A.2, subsection 31, Code 2024, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 31. “Privately owned lake” means any lake body of water , 3 located within the boundaries of this state and not subject to 4 federal control covering navigation , for which all land under 5 and adjacent to the body of water is owned by an individual , 6 or group of individuals, or a nonprofit corporation and which 7 joint owners and that is not open to the use of the general 8 public but is used exclusively by the owners and their personal 9 guests , except that a privately owned lake does not include 10 any body of water that requires approval for the construction, 11 operation, and maintenance of a dam, embankment, spillway, or 12 appurtenant works from the department or the commission or that 13 is fed by, connects with, or discharges into any public waters . 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill relates to the definition of a privately owned 18 lake. 19 The bill defines a privately owned lake as a body of water 20 for which all land under and adjacent to the body of water 21 is owned by an individual or group of joint owners. Current 22 law lists the possible owners as an individual, a group, or a 23 nonprofit organization. The bill also narrows the definition 24 of a privately owned lake to not include a body of water 25 that requires approval for the construction, operation, and 26 maintenance of a dam, embankment, spillway, or appurtenant 27 works from the department of natural resources or the natural 28 resource commission (commission), or a body of water that is 29 fed by, connects with, or discharges into public waters. 30 Under Code chapter 462A, a privately owned lake is not a 31 water of this state under the control of the commission. 32 -1- LSB 6080YH (4) 90 lh/js 1/ 1