06 LC
38 0026
House
Bill 1360
By:
Representative Jenkins of the
8th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 52-7-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to boating safety zones, restrictions on use of motors and operation of
houseboats on certain lakes, and exceptions, so as to prohibit operation of
certain vessels on Lake Burton, Seed Lake, Lake Rabun, Lake Tugalo, and Tallulah
Falls Lake; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 52-7-13 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to boating
safety zones, restrictions on use of motors and operation of houseboats on
certain lakes, and exceptions, is amended by redesignating subsection (h) as
subsection (i) and by adding a new subsection (h) to read as
follows:
"(h)
The operation of any of the following vessels on Lake Burton, Seed Lake, Lake
Rabun, Lake Tugalo, and Tallulah Falls Lake shall be prohibited:
(1)
Any motorized vessel greater than 30 feet six inches in length; except for law
enforcement, scientific research, or dam operation and maintenance craft;
or
(2)
Any vessel equipped with any type of bypass mechanism that reduces or eliminates
the effectiveness of the muffler or baffler system required by Code Section
52-7-10."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.