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Senators
Harp of the 29th and Henson of the 41st offered the following
amendment:
Amend
the Senate Natural Resources and the Environment Committee substitute to HB 1226
by revising lines 1 and 2 of page 5 to read as follows:
(3)
The local government or the division shall acquire sufficient land surrounding
any reservoir funded in whole or in part by the division or acquired or
constructed by the division to protect such reservoir, to provide for future
expansion of such reservoir, and to provide passive recreational opportunities
on and around such reservoir. No development shall be permitted on any such
reservoir or its surrounding lands so acquired other than public development
appropriate for such passive uses. The acquisition of such lands shall be a
cost of project for purposes of this article, and the division, the authority,
and the local government may utilize any funds available to them for such
purposes.
(4)
Any such surrounding lands transferred to the state shall be part of the state
park system under the control of the department pursuant to Code Section
12-3-31, and the management of passive recreational uses of any such reservoir
controlled by the state shall be vested in the Parks, Recreation and Historic
Sites Division; except that, where it is not feasible to manage such land as a
state park, then such surrounding lands transferred to the state may be managed
as wildlife management areas by the Wildlife Resources Division of the
department. Any such surrounding lands acquired by a local government shall be
a local government park.
(5)
All uses of any reservoirs funded by the division in whole or in part or
acquired or constructed by the division and any surrounding lands acquired by
the division or local government or transferred to the state shall be
subordinate to the use of such reservoirs for water supply
purposes.
(6)
No motorized vessels other than those being operated by electric motors shall be
allowed on any reservoirs funded by the division in whole or in part or acquired
or constructed by the division. As used in this paragraph, the term 'vessel'
has the meaning provided by Code Section
52-7-3.