07 LC 25
4884S
The
Senate Natural Resources and the Environment Committee offered the following
substitute to HB 510:
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 change certain provisions
relating to prohibitions against operation of certain vessels on Lake Oconee; to
provide an effective date; 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 revising subsection (g) as
follows:
"(g)
The operation of any of the following vessels on Lake Oconee shall be
prohibited:
(1)
Any motorized vessel greater than 30 feet six inches in length;
except
for
provided,
however, that this paragraph shall not apply to:
(A)
Law
law
enforcement, scientific research, or dam operation and maintenance craft
or
a;
or
(B)
A vessel not greater than 40 feet in
length used for conducting group tours on behalf of the owner or operator of a
REAP certified by the Department of Community Affairs under Code Section
50-8-192 if
the same vessel was lawfully operated on the lake by such REAP owner or operator
under former provisions of this paragraph as such existed immediately prior to
the effective date of this subparagraph; in addition, such vessel may be
replaced by the same REAP owner or operator but only by one vessel at a time and
only if each such predecessor vessel has been retired from lawfully operating on
the lake and the replacement vessel does not exceed 40 feet in
length; 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.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.