No. CS/HB 1173
Filed under Transportation.
Boating-restricted Areas; Authorizes municipalities & counties to adopt ordinances to extend boating-restricted areas under certain conditions; requires boundaries of such areas to be clearly marked with specified markers.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDMunicipalities and counties can already adopt idle-speed/no-wake, slow-speed or numeric speed-limit, and vessel-exclusion ordinances for blind corners, narrow bends, and similar navigational hazards, subject to state commission review.
A new fourth option lets these governments regulate vessel speed and operation within 300 feet of a blind-corner confluence, extendable up to 1,000 feet if the larger area is necessary for safe navigation and visibility.
Boundaries of this new zone must be marked with uniform waterway regulatory markers under commission rules, and like the other categories, the ordinance cannot take effect until the commission reviews it and finds it necessary for public safety.
AIMunicipalities and counties may adopt an ordinance regulating vessel speed and operation within 300 feet of a confluence of water bodies presenting a blind corner, a broader category of restriction than the existing idle-speed, no-wake option covering the same kind of location.
AIThis new speed-and-operation zone is not capped at 300 feet like the statute's other blind-corner categories. It may instead reach up to 1,000 feet if the larger area is necessary to ensure safe navigation and visibility for approaching vessels.
AIBoundaries of the new vessel speed and operation restricted area must be clearly marked with uniform waterway regulatory markers that comply with commission rules, giving boaters a physical signal of where the extended restriction applies.