08 AM 25
1127
Senator
Pearson of the 51st offered the following amendment:
Amend
the Senate Natural Resources and the Environment Committee substitute to HB 1226
(LC 25 5281S) by revising lines 1 and 2 on page 5 to read as
follows:
(3)
All uses of any such water reservoirs and acquired surrounding lands shall be
subordinate to the use of such reservoirs for water supply
purposes.
(4)
The division shall coordinate with the Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites
Division of the department for the purpose of acquiring sufficient land
surrounding any reservoir owned 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 Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites Division
may utilize any funds available to them for such purposes. Any such surrounding
lands acquired by 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 owned 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 acquired by the state may be managed as wildlife management areas by the
Wildlife Resources Division of the department. No motorized vessels other than
those being operated by electric motors shall be allowed on such reservoirs
owned by the division. As used in this paragraph, the term 'vessel' has the
meaning provided by Code Section 52-7-3.