CHAPTER 74
HB 189 – FINAL VERSION
21Mar2007… 0292h
2007 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 189
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
This bill prohibits placing a swim line in a public body of water without a permit and prohibits operating a boat within a permitted swim line.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21Mar2007… 0292h
07-0408
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to swim lines in public waters.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
74:1 New Paragraph; Navigation; Definitions; Swim Line. Amend RSA 270:2 by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph:
X. “Swim line” means a combination of ropes, cables, and floats which encompass an area abutting the shore line, for the use of swimmers.
74:2 New Paragraph; Interference with Navigation; Placing Obstructions; Swim Lines. Amend RSA 270:26 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV.(a) Any person who knowingly places a swim line in any public body of water without first obtaining a permit issued by the director of safety services shall be guilty of a violation.
(b) Any person who operates a boat within any permitted swim line on any public body of water without the permission of the permittee shall be guilty of a violation.
(c) The commissioner is authorized to establish fees and expiration periods for permits issued under subparagraph (a). The fee for a permit shall not be greater than $50 and all permits shall expire no later than 5 years after the date of issuance. All fees collected under this paragraph shall be deposited in the navigation safety fund established under RSA 270-E:6-a.
74:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.
Approved: June 11, 2007
Effective: January 1, 2008