Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session
Relating to: the operation of a motorboat causing an amplified wake.
Boat Lakes Waterways and water power
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill restricts the operation of a motorboat causing an amplified wake,
which the bill defines as a boat wake the height of which is intentionally amplified
through the use of ballast, boat design features, or operational procedures. The bill
prohibits such operation on a lake smaller than 1,500 acres, on a lake with a
maximum depth of less than 20 feet, and less than 700 feet from the shoreline or from
any boat, swimmer, or other water user on a river or on a lake that is 1,500 acres or
larger.