1936 AMH ROCK CALL 43

 

 

 

 


HB 1936 - H AMD 0019 WITHDRAWN 3/13/01

By Representative Rockefeller

     On page 2, at the beginning of line 3, strike all material through Aregulations.@ on page 2, line 7 and insert AThere is a limit of one boat per buoy.  Buoys cannot be sold or leased separately from the upland residence.  The mooring buoy cannot be used for commercial, transient, or residential use.  One buoy may be installed without charge for the first one hundred feet of shoreline property owned, and one additional buoy may be installed without charge for every one hundred feet of shoreline property owned above the initial one hundred feet.  The permission granted in this subsection is subject to the boat and mooring system not posing a hazard or obstruction to navigation or fishing or habitat degradation.  This subsection also applies to areas that have been designated by the commissioner of public lands or the fish and wildlife commission as aquatic reserves.@ 

 

                                

 


 

EFFECT: 1) Specifies that residential boats are not permitted to moor at no charge at buoys on state-owned aquatic lands; 2) limits buoy installation to one buoy per 100 feet of shoreline owned; 3) specifies that only one boat may be moored at a bout at one time; 4) specifies that buoys can not be sold or leased separately from the upland property; 5) disallows buoy installation where the activity would cause habitat degradation; and 6) specifies that mooring buoys may be installed in aquatic reserves that are designated by the Fish and Wildlife Commission, as well as by the Commissioner of Public Lands.